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John Christopher Asajar
Asked: 2021-08-10 15:40:11 +0800 CST

How to select using script on Task Scheduler the "run with highest privileges"

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Hi I'm doing some scripting to add a task on a Task Scheduler. However I need to have a script to select the "run with highest privileges".

Sample code:

Dim settings
Set settings = taskDefinition.Settings
settings.Enabled = True
settings.StartWhenAvailable = True
settings.Hidden = False
windows scripting vbscript

1 Answers

  1. You can accomplish this with the -RunLevel Highest flag for New-ScheduledTaskPrincipal in PowerShell.

    Example:

    # Set the scheduled task time and repitition
$TaskTime = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Daily -At 12:00

# Set  the task to run as a local administrator with highest level privileges
$TaskUser = New-ScheduledTaskPrincipal -GroupId "BUILTIN\Administrators" -RunLevel Highest

# Set actions the schedule task should perform
$Action1 = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute "chrome.exe"
$Action2 = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute "notepad.exe"

# Registers the task with Task Scheduler
Register-ScheduledTask "Test Scheduled Task" -Action $Action1,$Action2 -Principal $TaskUser

    PowerShell ScheduledTask documentation.

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