Event ID 203 — Task Monitoring and Control
Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2
The history of a task is tracked by events. These events can be viewed in Task Scheduler for each task to track when the task was registered, run, and when it completed or failed. The progress of a task can be monitored through its history. A task can be controlled by running or stopping the task manually (on-demand).
Event Details
Product: | Windows Operating System |
ID: | 203 |
Source: | Microsoft-Windows-TaskScheduler |
Version: | 6.1 |
Symbolic Name: | ACTION_LAUNCH_FAILURE |
Message: | Task Scheduler failed to launch action "%3" in instance "%2" of task "%1". The error value is: %4. |
Resolve
Use error code to identify the action failure
Use the error code provided in the action failure event to further identify reasons for a task action failing to execute.
Task Scheduler error codes:
SCHED_E_TRIGGER_NOT_FOUND
0x80041309A task trigger is not found. Try to edit the task triggers.
SCHED_E_TASK_NOT_READY
0x8004130AOne or more of the properties required to run this task have not been set.
SCHED_E_TASK_NOT_RUNNING
0x8004130BThere is no running instance of the task.
SCHED_E_SERVICE_NOT_INSTALLED
0x8004130CThe Task Scheduler service is not installed on this computer.
SCHED_E_CANNOT_OPEN_TASK
0x8004130DThe task object cannot be opened.
SCHED_E_INVALID_TASK
0x8004130EThe object is either an invalid task object or is not a task object.
SCHED_E_ACCOUNT_INFORMATION_NOT_SET
0x8004130FNo account information could be found in the Task Scheduler security database for the task indicated. Set the account information for the task.
SCHED_E_ACCOUNT_NAME_NOT_FOUND
0x80041310Unable to establish existence of the account specified. Set the account information for the task.
SCHED_E_ACCOUNT_DBASE_CORRUPT
0x80041311Corruption was detected in the Task Scheduler security database; the database has been reset.
SCHED_E_NO_SECURITY_SERVICES
0x80041312Task Scheduler security services are available only on Windows NT.
SCHED_E_UNKNOWN_OBJECT_VERSION
0x80041313The task object version is either unsupported or invalid.
SCHED_E_UNSUPPORTED_ACCOUNT_OPTION
0x80041314The task has been configured with an unsupported combination of account settings and run time options.
SCHED_E_SERVICE_NOT_RUNNING
0x80041315The Task Scheduler Service is not running. Start the Task Scheduler service.
SCHED_E_UNEXPECTEDNODE
0x80041316The task XML contains an unexpected node.
SCHED_E_NAMESPACE
0x80041317The task XML contains an element or attribute from an unexpected namespace.
SCHED_E_INVALIDVALUE
0x80041318The task XML contains a value which is incorrectly formatted or out of range.
SCHED_E_MISSINGNODE
0x80041319The task XML is missing a required element or attribute.
SCHED_E_MALFORMEDXML
0x8004131AThe task XML is malformed.
SCHED_S_SOME_TRIGGERS_FAILED
0x0004131BThe task is registered, but not all specified triggers will start the task.
SCHED_S_BATCH_LOGON_PROBLEM
0x0004131CThe task is registered, but may fail to start. Batch logon privilege must be enabled for the task principal.
SCHED_E_TOO_MANY_NODES
0x8004131DThe task XML contains too many nodes of the same type.
SCHED_E_PAST_END_BOUNDARY
0x8004131EThe task cannot be started after the trigger end boundary.
SCHED_E_ALREADY_RUNNING
0x8004131FAn instance of this task is already running.
SCHED_E_USER_NOT_LOGGED_ON
0x80041320The task will not run because the user is not logged on.
SCHED_E_INVALID_TASK_HASH
0x80041321The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.
SCHED_E_SERVICE_NOT_AVAILABLE
0x80041322The Task Scheduler service is not available.
SCHED_E_SERVICE_TOO_BUSY
0x80041323The Task Scheduler service is busy and cannot handle the request. Please try again later.
SCHED_E_TASK_ATTEMPTED
0x80041324The Task Scheduler service attempted to run the task, but the task did not run due to one of the constraints in the task definition.
SCHED_S_TASK_QUEUED
0x00041325The Task Scheduler service has instructed the task to run.
SCHED_E_TASK_DISABLED
0x80041326The task is disabled.
SCHED_E_TASK_NOT_V1_COMPAT
0x80041327The task has properties that are not compatible with earlier versions of Windows.
SCHED_E_START_ON_DEMAND
0x80041328The task settings do not allow the task to start on demand.
Verify
To verify that the execution of a task has completed as expected:
1. Click the Start button and type **Task Scheduler **in the Start Search box.
2. Select the Task Scheduler program to start Task Scheduler.
3. Select the task to run by locating the task in the task folder hierarchy.
4. On the Actions menu click Run. You can also click Run in the Actions pane.
5. Click the History tab for the task to verify that it contains events indicating the task was registered successfully. Also, ensure that the task completed successfully or that the task timed out as expected.