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From the Task Scheduler, you can create daily, hourly and weekly scheduled tasks to run ReadyWorks cron jobs. To create the scheduled tasks:

  1. Open the Task Scheduler
  2. Select the Task Scheduler Library folder from the navigation menu. From the Actions menu, click New Folder…
  3. Enter ReadyWorks for new folder name and click OK

  4. The ReadyWorks folder will appear under the Task Scheduler Library folder
  5. Create a Daily task
    1. From the Actions menu, click Create Task…
    2. On the General tab, enter the settings of the task

      1. Name – Daily
      2. User Account – NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
    3. On the Trigger tab, create a trigger for the task

      1. Trigger – Daily
      2. Start Time – 1:00 AM
    4. On the Actions tab, create an action for the task

      1. Program – %SystemRoot%\rws\www\console\_cron\run_tasks_daily.cmd
    5. Click OK to create the Daily task
  6. Create an Hourly task
    1. From the Actions menu, click Create Task…
    2. On the General tab, enter the settings of the task

      1. Name – Hourly
      2. User Account – NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
    3. On the Trigger tab, create a trigger for the task

      1. Trigger – Daily
      2. Start Time – 1:30 AM
      3. Repeat Task Every – 1 hour, Indefinitely
    4. On the Actions tab, create an action for the task

      1. Program – %SystemRoot%\rws\www\console\_cron\run_tasks_hourly.cmd
    5. Click OK to create the Hourly task
  7. Create a Weekly task
    1. From the Actions menu, click Create Task…
    2. On the General tab, enter the settings of the task

      1. Name – Weekly
      2. User Account – NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
    3. On the Trigger tab, create a trigger for the task

      1. Trigger – Weekly
      2. Start Time – 1:45 AM
    4. On the Actions tab, create an action for the task

      1. Program – %SystemRoot%\rws\www\console\_cron\run_tasks_weekly.cmd
    5. Click OK to create the Weekly task
  8. The daily, hourly, and weekly tasks will be displayed in the Task Scheduler
  9. Exit the Task Scheduler