I am trying to set up a task that will start up an .exe every minute.
I have created a Trigger, that when triggered will run the .exe and repeat every minute indefinitely.
(I have also tried creating a daily task, the once triggered will repeat every minute for that 1 day).
When I run the task manually, it works as expected, but if I leave the task to reach the 'Next Run Time' instead of it running and updating the 'Last Run Time', the 'Next Run Time' is updated to run a minute later and the 'Last Run Time' remains the same.
I have checked the Task History and there are no new events. Also, I have logging within the specified .exe and it's not showing that it has been run.
Make sure to set the current date and 00:00:00 as the start time
Best Answer
Just in case you trigger the task manually...
I have just come across this same problem on Window 7. I haven't tested it with any other version of Windows.
It seems that repeated tasks are not executed when run manually (right click on a task and then select "Run").
When run manually, the task will run only once and that's it!
This is a trip wire since it's natural that people simply run the task manually right after its creation to check whether it's working as expected.
What you could do, set the trigger to "At startup". After you rebooted the machine, the task should then be in the "Queued" status. This means it will run at the configured interval.