import pythoncom, time, win32api from win32com.taskscheduler import taskscheduler test_task_name='test_addtask_1.job' ts=pythoncom.CoCreateInstance(taskscheduler.CLSID_CTaskScheduler,None, pythoncom.CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,taskscheduler.IID_ITaskScheduler) tasks=ts.Enum() for task in tasks: print(task) if test_task_name in tasks: print('Deleting existing task '+test_task_name) ts.Delete(test_task_name) new_task=pythoncom.CoCreateInstance(taskscheduler.CLSID_CTask,None, pythoncom.CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,taskscheduler.IID_ITask) ts.AddWorkItem(test_task_name,new_task) ## task object is modified in place new_task.SetFlags(taskscheduler.TASK_FLAG_INTERACTIVE|taskscheduler.TASK_FLAG_RUN_ONLY_IF_LOGGED_ON) new_task.SetIdleWait(1,10000) new_task.SetComment('test task with idle trigger') new_task.SetApplicationName('c:\\python23\\python.exe') new_task.SetPriority(taskscheduler.REALTIME_PRIORITY_CLASS) new_task.SetParameters('-c"import win32ui,time;win32ui.MessageBox(\'why aint you doing no work ?\');"') new_task.SetWorkingDirectory('c:\\python23') new_task.SetCreator('test_addtask_1.py') new_task.SetAccountInformation(win32api.GetUserName(),None) ## None is only valid for local system acct or if Flags contain TASK_FLAG_RUN_ONLY_IF_LOGGED_ON run_time = time.localtime(time.time() + 30) end_time = time.localtime(time.time() + 60*60*24) tr_ind, tr=new_task.CreateTrigger() tt=tr.GetTrigger() tt.TriggerType=taskscheduler.TASK_EVENT_TRIGGER_ON_IDLE tt.Flags=taskscheduler.TASK_TRIGGER_FLAG_HAS_END_DATE tt.BeginYear=int(time.strftime('%Y',run_time)) tt.BeginMonth=int(time.strftime('%m',run_time)) tt.BeginDay=int(time.strftime('%d',run_time)) tt.StartMinute=int(time.strftime('%M',run_time)) tt.StartHour=int(time.strftime('%H',run_time)) tt.EndYear=int(time.strftime('%Y',end_time)) tt.EndMonth=int(time.strftime('%m',end_time)) tt.EndDay=int(time.strftime('%d',end_time)) tr.SetTrigger(tt) print(new_task.GetTriggerString(tr_ind)) pf=new_task.QueryInterface(pythoncom.IID_IPersistFile) pf.Save(None,1)