How to make Batch files run in Windows 2008 scheduled tasks

I was getting a 0x1 error every time Windows Server 2008 ran my task. I had programmed the task to run a bat file that would run a jruby script. The messages in the log did not help me at all, so I took a look at my script’s log. The log showed that the script was not being run at all. To fix this problem I had to make sure to enter the folder that contains the script in the start in field when configuring the scheduled task. So even it says it’s optional, make sure you enter a correct value in that field or else, the task will run with windows\system32 as the current working directory.

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Rob said…

Thanks Jaun, without your post I would have been stuck.

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