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Just a little silliness this morning. However can you spot the problem on the screen shot?
And no I do not mean the newspaper anti-labour bias:
And no I do not mean the newspaper anti-labour bias:
Windows Server and the Task Scheduler Error Code 0x3
Wow, so again this is me documenting a problem I've had. Recently I was asked to diagnose a problem with a Windows Server 2008 on which its scheduled tasks were failing with the helpful error 0x3.
So what does 0x3 mean? Well according to Microsoft it means:
"The system cannot find the path specified."
Hmm...
Given that the paths were there and that up until midnight the tasks were running fine this lead to a problem. So I checked the following:
1, Can I run the task manually?
2, Can I run the task in the "Only if user is logged on" mode
3, Has the anti-virus done something?
4, Is there anything in any of the event logs for the last 24 hours that relates to this?
Nothing appeared to offer a reason for the failure. I ended up doing the thing I hate the most and that was scheduling a reboot. Once the server came back up the tasks sprang into life. If anybody knows what happened, please let me know.
So what does 0x3 mean? Well according to Microsoft it means:
"The system cannot find the path specified."
Hmm...
Given that the paths were there and that up until midnight the tasks were running fine this lead to a problem. So I checked the following:
1, Can I run the task manually?
2, Can I run the task in the "Only if user is logged on" mode
3, Has the anti-virus done something?
4, Is there anything in any of the event logs for the last 24 hours that relates to this?
Nothing appeared to offer a reason for the failure. I ended up doing the thing I hate the most and that was scheduling a reboot. Once the server came back up the tasks sprang into life. If anybody knows what happened, please let me know.
