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I am trying to schedule a python script which has been converted to .exe file but for some reason it is not starting. Although the program does seem to open a cmd type window but the script does not work. Below i have outlined the steps which i took, please advise if i have missed something here.

The executable does produce results when I double click on it.

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I was able to locate the file after running a search where it is saving the output. The executable python is in desktop but for some reason it is saving the output of the executable in system 32 folder in c:. Why is it doing that? Since if i double click on the python executable which is on the desktop it would create a folder and files inside there but the scheduler is saving it in system 32.

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  • have you solve your problem ? Commented May 2, 2020 at 20:35
  • @AliHasanAhmedKhan Not i still have the same problem! Commented May 3, 2020 at 2:00
  • Have you tried my solution? Commented May 3, 2020 at 11:21

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It should be one of these:

  1. The task from the task scheduler may not run from the same account as you might expect. Consider running it as root/administrator account.
  2. Consider generating the pyinstaller executable with the --uac-admin which will allow you to run the executable as the administrator

You could also debug the problem by piping the output to a file which will allow you to see the error message.

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Could you please advise how can i pipe the output to a file? I should mention that the executable works when i double click on the file.
You could make a bat file with the contents exec.exe > output.txt and run the bat file from the scheduler
The output.txt was created, but in a different directory. In the scheduled task you indicate the path of the executable file, but not the path of the data file! Specify a full path for it. I.e.: @echo off & START C:\Users\inderjeet\Desktop\python.exe > C:\Users\inderjeet\Desktop\output.txt
@newcoder. Keep the file in a common location outside the Users directory. Create a C:\tmp with full permissions to everyone and see if it can run from there?
@newcoder are you building with -w/--windowed/--noconsole? If so, build without it. Then repeat and see if you get the output.
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