how to schedule a task for every 5 minutes in windows command prompt?

Question

I'm currently scheduling .bat files using Windows Task Scheduler. However, I want to do this using the Command Prompt's schtasks command. My batch file should run every five minutes and repeat its task every day.

Jacquejacquelin

Answer 1

I don't have much experience with .bat file (and maybe what I am about to write is nonsence), but I was wondering if a GOTO and a delay can resolve your problem.

:label
<do stuff>
SLEEP 300
GOTO label

LE: Ok, I found something that might help you:

schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 5 /tn "TaskName" /tr \\scripts\whatever.bat

This line should do the trick. For more information you can visit https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772785(v=ws.10).aspx

Bags

Added something to my answer. I hope it helps – Bags

instead of sleep 300 one would use timeout 300 > nul – Cann

schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 5 /tn "TaskName" /tr \\scripts\whatever.bat , That works a treat! Any advice on how I can turn it off? – Tralee

if you want to terminate the program that is run by the task, you can use: schtasks /end /tn <taskname>. If you want to remove the task altogether, you can use schtasks /delete /tn <taskname>. Note that the latter doesn't stop a running program started by this task – Bags