Task.Start Method

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Starts the Task, scheduling it for execution to the current TaskScheduler.

Namespace: System.Threading.Tasks
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub Start

public void Start()

Exception	Condition
ObjectDisposedException	The Task instance has been disposed.
InvalidOperationException	The Task is not in a valid state to be started. It may have already been started, executed, or canceled, or it may have been created in a manner that doesn't support direct scheduling.

A task may only be started and run only once. Any attempts to schedule a task a second time will result in an exception.

Supported in: 5

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