Cant't trigger printing with Task Scheduler

Question

Hi. My Task Scheduler isn't working. I've prepared a file to print every 3 days so that my printer nozzles don't go clogged because I'm tired of cleaning them. Calling the command mspaint /p C:...\czyszczenie_glowicy.png from the PowerShell console triggers printing normally. In the scheduler, unfortunately, it does not work, neither scheduled to execute automatically nor called manually.

I tried moving the czyszczenie_glowicy.png file to different folders starting from the parent directory, with no success - the file still cannot be found:

I also tried various combinations with closing the path or the whole parameter in quotes.

I was directed here from the Polish Microsoft Answers forum.

I don't have any idea about this problem anymore. I would appreciate some suggestions. This is how the task is configured:

Many thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Looks like you will need to specify the full path to the executable. I found it in the WindowsApps folder under my user account.

c:\>dir mspaint.exe /b /s
c:\Users\motox80\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\mspaint.exe

You might also want to consider using Powershell. I found this script.

http://monadblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/msh-print-image.html