TaskFolder object

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12/11/2020

Scripting object that provides the methods that are used to register (create) tasks in the folder, remove tasks from the folder, and create or remove subfolders from the folder.

Members

The TaskFolder object has these types of members:

Methods
Properties

Methods

The TaskFolder object has these methods.

Method	Description
CreateFolder	Creates a folder for related tasks.
DeleteFolder	Deletes a subfolder from the parent folder.
DeleteTask	Deletes a task from the folder.
GetFolder	Gets a folder that contains tasks at a specified location.
GetFolders	Gets all the subfolders in the folder.
GetSecurityDescriptor	Gets the security descriptor for the folder.
GetTask	Gets a task at a specified location in a folder.
GetTasks	Gets all the tasks in the folder.
RegisterTask	Registers (creates) a new task in the folder using XML to define the task.
RegisterTaskDefinition	Registers (creates) a task in a specified location using the ITaskDefinition interface to define a task.
SetSecurityDescriptor	Sets the security descriptor for the folder.

Properties

The TaskFolder object has these properties.

Property	Access type	Description
Name	Read-only	Gets the name that is used to identify the folder that contains a task.
Path	Read-only	Gets the path to where the folder is stored.

Examples

For more information and example code for this scripting object, see Time Trigger Example (Scripting), Event Trigger Example (Scripting), Daily Trigger Example (Scripting), Registration Trigger Example (Scripting), Weekly Trigger Example (Scripting), Logon Trigger Example (Scripting), Boot Trigger Example (Scripting), or Displaying Task Names and States (Scripting).

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]
Type library	Taskschd.tlb
DLL	Taskschd.dll