Schedule task for every 2 hours that will survive re-boot

[Peter Kinross]

I want to run a file synch app (GoodSync) every 2 hours. I can do this with Task Scheduler - schedule starts every day at 0:00 and repeats every 2 hours. BUT if I re-boot, I am guessing that the scheduled task that I am relying on will not run again until midnight. Am I correct? If so, is there any way of overcoming this typical MicroShaft 'feature'?

[John Gray]

This is surely a case where the old adage "Why don't you try it?" must apply! Personally, I think it will work the way you want, but I haven't needed to try this myself.

(Other fine synchronisation applications, e.g. SyncBack, use their own internal scheduler...)

[StuartR]

If it doesn't work then you should consider having a second trigger for the task based on system startup (or user login)

[John Gray]

I just tried it, and it works! At 08:45 I set up a scheduled task (start 00:00, run every hour then and thereafter) to run a BATch file to write a message to a log file, and the 09:00:00.18 message is there. Watch This Space in ten minutes for the 10:00 message!
Ten minutes later... which happened at 10:00:00.19.
A day later...It ran as expected all the way up to 21:00 (PC shut down around 21:45) and started again at 08:00 (PC started up about 07:30).

Probably best not to tick the box saying "Wake the computer to run this task", though...

[Peter Kinross]

Ah John. Aren't the simplest solutions the best.
Pretty obvious when you think about it, but I never would have thought about it.
Thanks old son - appreciated.
My prob at the moment is that I am installing a new computer tomorrow (if it turns up) and all this scheduling will be going on that machine. As it will take at least 2 days to get it set up with all my software, I won't get around to putting this into practice for awhile.
Thanks again.