Task Scheduler when creating a custom Windows image

Question

Hi,

I am creating a custom Windows 11 image and (after installation) I'd like it to run a scheduled task.
After I mount the install.wim to a folder, I do the necessary additions to the image, copy the previously created and tested the "no extension task file" (the task I need to schedule) and place it in the C:\Windows\System32\Task\ folder of the new custom mounted image.

Also tried renaming the "no extension file" as .XML, but no success.

After I unmount the image, and install Windows from it, the task is not executing even though the trigger is being triggered. The task is not getting imported into the freshly installed Windows 11's Task Scheduler.
Can you tell me why Windows doesn't import it's files into Task Scheduler, from C:\Windows\System32\Task\ ?
Thanks!
Tomy

Answer 1

I suspect that you would also need the registry entries in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache.

I see the task that I defined in the "Tree" key and entries for its GUID in "Logon" and "Tasks".

You might have to run schtasks in order to define the task correctly.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/add-a-custom-script-to-windows-setup?view=windows-11