import pythoncom, sys, os, time, win32api from win32com.taskscheduler import taskscheduler task_name='test_addtask.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 task_name in tasks: print('Deleting existing task '+task_name) ts.Delete(task_name) t=ts.NewWorkItem(task_name) t.SetComment('rude comments') t.SetApplicationName(sys.executable) t.SetPriority(taskscheduler.REALTIME_PRIORITY_CLASS) t.SetParameters('-c"import win32ui,time;win32ui.MessageBox(\'hey bubba I am running\');"') t.SetWorkingDirectory(os.path.dirname(sys.executable)) t.SetCreator('test_addtask.py') t.SetMaxRunTime(20000) #milliseconds t.SetFlags(taskscheduler.TASK_FLAG_INTERACTIVE|taskscheduler.TASK_FLAG_RUN_ONLY_IF_LOGGED_ON) ## |taskscheduler.TASK_FLAG_DELETE_WHEN_DONE) #task self destructs when no more future run times t.SetAccountInformation(win32api.GetUserName(),None) ## None is only valid for local system acct or if task flags contain TASK_FLAG_RUN_ONLY_IF_LOGGED_ON t.SetWorkItemData('some binary garbage') run_time = time.localtime(time.time() + 60) tr_ind, tr=t.CreateTrigger() tt=tr.GetTrigger() ## flags default to TASK_TRIGGER_FLAG_DISABLED (4) tt.Flags=taskscheduler.TASK_TRIGGER_FLAG_KILL_AT_DURATION_END 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.MinutesInterval=1 tt.MinutesDuration=5 tt.TriggerType=taskscheduler.TASK_TIME_TRIGGER_MONTHLYDATE #months can contain multiples in a bitmask, use 1<<(month_nbr-1) tt.MonthlyDate_Months=1<<(int(time.strftime('%m',run_time))-1) ## corresponds to TASK_JANUARY..TASK_DECEMBER constants #days too tt.MonthlyDate_Days=1<<(int(time.strftime('%d',run_time))-1) tr.SetTrigger(tt) print(t.GetTriggerString(tr_ind)) pf=t.QueryInterface(pythoncom.IID_IPersistFile) pf.Save(None,1)