[FIX] Failed to create a scheduled task for update checking.

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Post by Xemidra Mon Jun 04, 2018 9:09 pm

I had an issue with installing and updating K-Lite Codec Pack. At the very end of installation process the installer hanged with error (no actual error, just a sound of error popping out). The installation log said it "Failed to create a scheduled task for update checking". It concerned all recent versions of K-Lite Codec Pack and it was related to Windows Task Scheduler. It turned out it wasn't an issue with K-Lite Codec Pack. I couldn't create any new task inside Windows Task Scheduler. I found a way to painlessly resolve the issue.

Logs from failed installation:
https://pastebin.com/nqa32wGK
https://pastebin.com/zQwz6y8M

Link to TechNet article describing the method of solving the problem:
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askperf/2015/05/14/task-scheduler-a-task-or-folder-with-this-name-already-exists/

TL;DL:
1. Open up an elevated CMD prompt
2. Type in the following and hit enter: "fsutil resource setautoreset true c:\"
3. Reboot
4. After your machine reboots, you should be able to create new Scheduled Tasks now

Note:
I have more then one local drive so I ran the command from point two for all drives (d:\, e:\, f:\ etc.).
The reboot from point three is not always required.


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Post by Admin Mon Jun 04, 2018 10:44 pm

Thanks for the information.

Next version will make that error message visible to the user. Should hopefully also prevent the hang.

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