When you schedule a task with the Scheduled Tasks Wizard, it runs. When you schedule the same task using the
Schtasks.exe command-line tool, the task does NOT run and displays
a Could not start in the Status column of the Scheduled Tasks dialog.
The problem will occur if the scheduled task path contains a space, such
as:
Schtasks /Create /TN "Task Name" /TR "C:\Program Files\ProgramFolder\ProgramName.exe" /SC once /SD 08/06/2003 /ST 07:30
because
everything after the first space in the path is considered to be a command-line argument.
To workaround this behavior, enclose the /TR path parameter between backslash (\) AND
quotation marks
("):
Schtasks /Create /TN "Task Name" /TR "\"C:\Program Files\ProgramFolder\ProgramName.exe\" arguments" /SC once /SD 08/06/2003 /ST 07:30