Schtasks.exe error on shutdown

[mdenison]

Folks,

I'm intermittently getting a message stating that 'schtasks.exe cannot start' when I logoff, restart or shutdown. The message makes sense since I'm am getting out of Windows. However, I'd like to know where to look to squash this annoyance. I'm wondering if there's a task Windows is trying to schedule for the next time I log on. There's nothing in the error logs, unfortunately.

[unkamunka]

Have a look in Scheduled Tasks in the Admin Tools subfolder of Control Panel. Perhaps an application you installed has created a scheduled item without your being aware of it having done so? HTH

[mdenison]

Hi Malcolm,

I forgot to mention that I had checked there. Nothing seems to be scheduled for a shutdown or restart. It's most curious.

[unkamunka]

A web search shows that this may be to do with having Adobe Acrobat Reader 9 installed.

If that is your case, have a look in Systems Configuration -> Startup in the Admin Tools subfolder of Control Panel. See whether there is an item checked for Adobe to Run on Startup. If so, then uncheck it.

The setting will only take effect after you have rebooted, but hopefully this may end these messages.