/* // THIS CODE AND INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF // ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO // THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A // PARTICULAR PURPOSE. // // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved ******************************************************************** This sample schedules a task to start notepad.exe 30 seconds after the task is registered. ******************************************************************** */ #define _WIN32_DCOM #include #include #include #include // Include the task header file. #include # pragma comment(lib, "taskschd.lib") using namespace std; int __cdecl wmain() { // ------------------------------------------------------ // Initialize COM. HRESULT hr = CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_MULTITHREADED); if( FAILED(hr) ) { printf("\nCoInitializeEx failed: %x", hr ); return 1; } // Set general COM security levels. hr = CoInitializeSecurity( NULL, -1, NULL, NULL, RPC_C_AUTHN_LEVEL_PKT_PRIVACY, RPC_C_IMP_LEVEL_IMPERSONATE, NULL, 0, NULL); if( FAILED(hr) ) { printf("\nCoInitializeSecurity failed: %x", hr ); CoUninitialize(); return 1; } // ------------------------------------------------------ // Create a name for the task. LPCWSTR wszTaskName = L"Registration Trigger Test Task"; // Get the windows directory and set the path to notepad.exe. wstring wstrExecutablePath = L"%SYSTEMDRIVE%\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\NOTEPAD.EXE"; // ------------------------------------------------------ // Create an instance of the Task Service. ITaskService *pService = NULL; hr = CoCreateInstance( CLSID_TaskScheduler, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_ITaskService, (void**)&pService ); if (FAILED(hr)) { printf("Failed to create an instance of ITaskService: %x", hr); CoUninitialize(); return 1; } // Connect to the task service. hr = pService->Connect(_variant_t(), _variant_t(), _variant_t(), _variant_t()); if( FAILED(hr) ) { printf("ITaskService::Connect failed: %x", hr ); pService->Release(); CoUninitialize(); return 1; } // ------------------------------------------------------ // Get the pointer to the root task folder. This folder will hold the // new task that is registered. ITaskFolder *pRootFolder = NULL; hr = pService->GetFolder( _bstr_t( L"\\") , &pRootFolder ); if( FAILED(hr) ) { printf("Cannot get Root Folder pointer: %x", hr ); pService->Release(); CoUninitialize(); return 1; } // If the same task exists, remove it. hr = pRootFolder->DeleteTask( _bstr_t( wszTaskName), 0 ); // Create the task builder object to create the task. ITaskDefinition *pTask = NULL; hr = pService->NewTask( 0, &pTask ); pService->Release(); // COM clean up. Pointer is no longer used. if (FAILED(hr)) { printf("Failed to create a task definition: %x", hr); pRootFolder->Release(); CoUninitialize(); return 1; } // ------------------------------------------------------ // Get the registration info for setting the identification. IRegistrationInfo *pRegInfo= NULL; hr = pTask->get_RegistrationInfo( &pRegInfo ); if( FAILED(hr) ) { printf("\nCannot get identification pointer: %x", hr ); pRootFolder->Release(); pTask->Release(); CoUninitialize(); return 1; } // ------------------------------------------------------ // Set the author name for the task hr = pRegInfo->put_Author( L"Author Name" ); pRegInfo->Release(); if( FAILED(hr) ) { printf("\nCannot put identification info: %x", hr ); pRootFolder->Release(); pTask->Release(); CoUninitialize(); return 1; } // ------------------------------------------------------ // Create the principal for the task IPrincipal *pPrincipal = NULL; hr = pTask->get_Principal( &pPrincipal ); if( FAILED(hr) ) { printf("\nCannot get principal pointer: %x", hr ); pRootFolder->Release(); pTask->Release(); CoUninitialize(); return 1; } // Set up principal information: hr = pPrincipal->put_Id( _bstr_t(L"Principal1") ); if( FAILED(hr) ) printf("\nCannot put the principal ID: %x", hr); hr = pPrincipal->put_LogonType( TASK_LOGON_INTERACTIVE_TOKEN ); if( FAILED(hr) ) printf("\nCannot put principal logon type: %x", hr); // Run the task with the least privileges (LUA) hr = pPrincipal->put_RunLevel( TASK_RUNLEVEL_LUA ); pPrincipal->Release(); if( FAILED(hr) ) { printf("\nCannot put principal run level: %x", hr ); pRootFolder->Release(); pTask->Release(); CoUninitialize(); return 1; } // ------------------------------------------------------ // Create the settings for the task ITaskSettings *pSettings = NULL; hr = pTask->get_Settings( &pSettings ); if( FAILED(hr) ) { printf("\nCannot get settings pointer: %x", hr ); pRootFolder->Release(); pTask->Release(); CoUninitialize(); return 1; } // Set setting values for the task. hr = pSettings->put_StartWhenAvailable(VARIANT_BOOL(true)); pSettings->Release(); if( FAILED(hr) ) { printf("\nCannot put setting info: %x", hr ); pRootFolder->Release(); pTask->Release(); CoUninitialize(); return 1; } // ------------------------------------------------------ // Get the trigger collection to insert the registration trigger. ITriggerCollection *pTriggerCollection = NULL; hr = pTask->get_Triggers( &pTriggerCollection ); if( FAILED(hr) ) { printf("\nCannot get trigger collection: %x", hr ); pRootFolder->Release(); pTask->Release(); CoUninitialize(); return 1; } // Add the registration trigger to the task. ITrigger *pTrigger = NULL; hr = pTriggerCollection->Create( TASK_TRIGGER_REGISTRATION, &pTrigger ); pTriggerCollection->Release(); if( FAILED(hr) ) { printf("\nCannot create a registration trigger: %x", hr ); pRootFolder->Release(); pTask->Release(); CoUninitialize(); return 1; } // ------------------------------------------------------ // Query for the IRegistrationTrigger interface IRegistrationTrigger *pRegistrationTrigger = NULL; hr = pTrigger->QueryInterface( IID_IRegistrationTrigger, (void**) &pRegistrationTrigger ); pTrigger->Release(); if( FAILED(hr) ) { printf("\nQueryInterface call failed on IRegistrationTrigger: %x", hr ); pRootFolder->Release(); pTask->Release(); CoUninitialize(); return 1; } // ------------------------------------------------------ // Set the trigger ID hr = pRegistrationTrigger->put_Id( _bstr_t( L"Trigger1" ) ); if( FAILED(hr) ) printf("\nCannot put trigger ID: %x", hr); // Define the delay for the registration trigger. hr = pRegistrationTrigger->put_Delay( L"PT30S" ); pRegistrationTrigger->Release(); if( FAILED(hr) ) { printf("\nCannot put registration trigger delay: %x", hr ); pRootFolder->Release(); pTask->Release(); CoUninitialize(); return 1; } // ------------------------------------------------------ // Add an Action to the task. This task will run notepad.exe. IActionCollection *pActionCollection = NULL; // Get the task action collection pointer. hr = pTask->get_Actions( &pActionCollection ); if( FAILED(hr) ) { printf("\nCannot get Task collection pointer: %x", hr ); pRootFolder->Release(); pTask->Release(); CoUninitialize(); return 1; } // Create the action, specifying that it is an executable action. IAction *pAction = NULL; hr = pActionCollection->Create( TASK_ACTION_EXEC, &pAction ); pActionCollection->Release(); if( FAILED(hr) ) { printf("\nCannot create action: %x", hr ); pRootFolder->Release(); pTask->Release(); CoUninitialize(); return 1; } IExecAction *pExecAction = NULL; // QI for the executable task pointer. hr = pAction->QueryInterface( IID_IExecAction, (void**) &pExecAction ); pAction->Release(); if( FAILED(hr) ) { printf("\nQueryInterface call failed for IExecAction: %x", hr ); pRootFolder->Release(); pTask->Release(); CoUninitialize(); return 1; } // Set the path of the executable to notepad.exe. hr = pExecAction->put_Path( _bstr_t( wstrExecutablePath.c_str() ) ); pExecAction->Release(); if( FAILED(hr) ) { printf("\nCannot put the action executable path: %x", hr ); pRootFolder->Release(); pTask->Release(); CoUninitialize(); return 1; } // ------------------------------------------------------ // Save the task in the root folder. IRegisteredTask *pRegisteredTask = NULL; hr = pRootFolder->RegisterTaskDefinition( _bstr_t( wszTaskName ), pTask, TASK_CREATE_OR_UPDATE, _variant_t(), _variant_t(), TASK_LOGON_INTERACTIVE_TOKEN, _variant_t(L""), &pRegisteredTask); if( FAILED(hr) ) { printf("\nError saving the Task : %x", hr ); pRootFolder->Release(); pTask->Release(); CoUninitialize(); return 1; } printf("\n Success! Task successfully registered. " ); // Clean up. pRootFolder->Release(); pTask->Release(); pRegisteredTask->Release(); CoUninitialize(); return 0; }