Re: Error code 4 for Task Scheduler

From: Dave Patrick (mail_at_Nospam.DSPatrick.com)
Date: 01/22/05 

Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 21:15:01 -0700

net helpmsg 4
returns with
'The system cannot open the file.'

If it involves network resources, make sure the user account has permissions
to the resources and also use UNC paths as mapped drives won't exist when no
one is logged on. 

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"ctdak" wrote:
|I am getting an error code 4 upon a scheduled task trying to run.  The task
| is running an MS-DOS batch file with an XCOPY command in it to transfer 
some
| files.  The batch file runs fine when run manually, so I think it has
| something to do with running after hours when not logged in.  Does anyone
| know exactly what this error code indicates?  I don't want to pay $200 for
| the MS Driver Dev Kit which supposedly explains these codes.
| Thanks.
|

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