New-ScheduledTaskAction
Creates a scheduled task action.
Syntax
New-ScheduledTaskAction
[-Id <String>]
[-Execute] <String>
[[-Argument] <String>]
[[-WorkingDirectory] <String>]
[-CimSession <CimSession[]>]
[-ThrottleLimit <Int32>]
[-AsJob]
[<CommonParameters>] Description
The New-ScheduledTaskAction cmdlet creates an object that contains the definition of a scheduled task action. A scheduled task action represents a command that a task executes when Task Scheduler runs the task. You can use a task action definition to register a new scheduled task or update an existing task registration.
A task can have a single action or a maximum of 32 actions. When you specify multiple actions, Task Scheduler executes the actions sequentially. The Task Scheduler service controls tasks activation, and it hosts the tasks that it starts.
Examples
Example 1: Create a scheduled task action
PS C:\> New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute "PowerShell.exe"This command creates a new scheduled task action that runs PowerShell.exe.
Parameters
-Argument
Specifies arguments for the command-line operation.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | 1 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-AsJob
Runs the cmdlet as a background job. Use this parameter to run commands that take a long time to complete.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-CimSession
Runs the cmdlet in a remote session or on a remote computer. Enter a computer name or a session object, such as the output of a New-CimSession or Get-CimSession cmdlet. The default is the current session on the local computer.
| Type: | CimSession[] |
| Aliases: | Session |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Execute
Specifies the path to an executable file.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | 0 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Id
Specifies an identifier of an action. Task Scheduler uses this identifier for logging.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ThrottleLimit
Specifies the maximum number of concurrent operations that can be established to run the cmdlet.
If this parameter is omitted or a value of 0 is entered, then Windows PowerShell® calculates an optimum throttle limit for the cmdlet based on the number of CIM cmdlets that are running on the computer.
The throttle limit applies only to the current cmdlet, not to the session or to the computer.
| Type: | Int32 |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-WorkingDirectory
Specifies a directory where Task Scheduler will run the task. If you do not specify a working directory, Task Scheduler runs the task in the %windir%\system32 directory.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | 2 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |