How to stop the Task Scheduler service on Windows 11

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How to stop the Task Scheduler service on Windows 11

yaroslav strokovskyy 20

I need to stop the Task Scheduler service for at least one hour and then plan to restart the service. The problem is: the "Start" or "Stop" buttons are absent in the Service window of "Task Scheduler". How can I accomplish this?

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Marcin Policht 50,335 MVP Volunteer Moderator

Disable the service via registry and restart the OS. Details at https://www.digitalwelt.org/en/tips/software/disable-services-state-through-regedit#google_vignette

Then enable it via registry and restart the OS again.

Just keep in mind that certain services are not meant to be disabled

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yaroslav strokovskyy 20 Reputation points

2024-08-10T09:06:31.9866667+00:00

According to the suggestion I put "Start"=3 (Manual). Reboot OS. Then in "Terminal" window, I enter: "net stop Schedule" and got the answers: "System error 5" and "Access denied". "net start" command shows the Scheduler is working.
Marcin Policht 50,335 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2024-08-10T11:05:06.09+00:00

Don't use the Net Start and Net Stop commands at all.

Use Regedit to set the value of the Start entry to 4 (disable)

Restart the operating system

Perform your changes

Use Regedit to set the value of the Start entry back to its original value

Restart the operating system

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hth

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yaroslav strokovskyy 20 Reputation points

2024-08-11T05:51:36.1266667+00:00

I had set the Start value to 4 (disable) and restart the OS. To get an information on the status of Schedule I run "net start" command. This case there is no "Schedule service" in the list of open services. The same shows the "services.msc" window. Unfortunately, this setting does not solve the problem for which I want to switch OFF the Scheduler.

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