Task scheduler cannot open batch file when set to run whether user is logged on or not

Question

OS: Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise

I am unable to get the Task Scheduler to run .bat files while I am logged off. I have a a production .bat file I want to use, b

Answer 1

Not sure if this helps. My issue was using a interactive program (in particular Excel) as well.

Creating the 2 empty folders (Desktop) solved it. Create both even if you are running on x64.

C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\Desktop
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\Desktop

I debugged my code and realised the code exited at this line

ExcelFile excelFile = new ExcelFile(directory, filename);

I read this solution somewhere and I cannot find the URL now.