{"id":10236,"date":"2019-07-08T08:34:21","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T03:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=10236"},"modified":"2023-08-02T20:34:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T15:04:06","slug":"task-scheduler-service-is-not-available-will-attempt-to-reconnect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/task-scheduler-service-is-not-available-will-attempt-to-reconnect\/","title":{"rendered":"Task Scheduler service is not available; will attempt to reconnect"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you launch the Task Scheduler window, or when a specific task is run, the following error may pop up:<\/p>\n

Task Scheduler service is not available. Task Scheduler will attempt to reconnect to it.<\/p>\n

\"ask<\/p>\n

This error may occur although the Task Scheduler service is running<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Task Scheduler service is not available. Task Scheduler will attempt to reconnect<\/h2>\n

This error occurs due to network conditions set for the task. If the task is configured to run only when a specific network is available, the error occurs if that specific network is unavailable.<\/p>\n

If that specific network connection is unavailable, Windows shouldn’t throw an error. This, clearly is a bug in Windows.<\/em><\/p>\n

Follow this workaround if your task doesn’t require a network, or if it can work with any network<\/strong> that is available.<\/p>\n

First, identify the task which was configured with the network condition. If a recently run task caused the error, you can identify the “last run” task<\/a> using different ways.<\/p>\n

To view the list of tasks configured to start only if a network connection is available and with a specific network connection, run this command from an elevated PowerShell (PowerShell.exe<\/code>) window.<\/p>\n

gci -path c:\\windows\\system32\\tasks\\* -recurse | select-string -pattern \"<\/Id>\" | select-object filename,line<\/pre>\n
\"ask<\/p>\n
This lists all the tasks that are configured to use a specific network ID<\/strong>. Here is the XML markup from a sample task.<\/p>\n
<RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>true<\/RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>\r\n    <NetworkSettings>\r\n      <Id>{115AA1E6-4975-424A-989B-622B814D0174}<\/Id><\/strong>\r\n      <Name>XT1068 4219<\/Name>\r\n    <\/NetworkSettings><\/pre>\n
Note:<\/strong> {115AA1E6-4975-424A-989B-622B814D0174}<\/code> represents the Belkin<\/code> network profile on my computer. FYI, the list of network profiles are under the CurrentVersion\\NetworkList\\Profiles<\/code> registry key.<\/em><\/p>\n
    \n
  1. Once you identify the offending task, open Task Scheduler.<\/li>\n
  2. Double-click to open the Properties of the offending task, select the Conditions<\/strong> tab.
    \n\"ask<\/li>\n
  3. Under Network, uncheck Start only if the following network connection is available<\/strong>.\n
    However, if the task needs network connectivity to run correctly, enable the checkbox, but select Any connection<\/strong> from the dropdown list box.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    This fixes the error Task Scheduler service is not available. Task Scheduler will attempt to reconnect to it<\/strong> in Task Scheduler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    When you launch the Task Scheduler window, or when a specific task is run, the following error may pop up: Task Scheduler service is not available. Task Scheduler will attempt to reconnect to it. This error may occur although the Task Scheduler service is running.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[191,581],"class_list":["post-10236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows","tag-error-messages","tag-task-scheduler"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":80392,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/task-scheduler-service-started-stopped\/","url_meta":{"origin":10236,"position":0},"title":"Task Scheduler Service on Local Computer Started and then Stopped","author":"Ramesh","date":"March 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Task Scheduler service may fail to start, and the following error may occur when you try to start it manually using the Services MMC in Windows 10 or 11. 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