How to create a scheduled task using Task scheduler in WIndows 10 to pin a host .

Here is my pingserver.bat and contain is as per below .

echo %DATE% %TIME% >> pingserverout.txt
ping usamplehost.com >> pingserverout.txt
echo “ — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — -” >> pingserverout.txt

I want to run this batch file every 5 minutes , let’s achieve this using Task scheduler in WIndows 10.

Type Task scheduler in windows menu to open it .

Then right click on Task scheduler and click new task , select values as per the image

Click Triggers tab and enter the details as per below and click OK , feel free to customize is according to your wish .

Click Actions tab and click New .

In the action window select Start a program.

Enter the full path of batch file to the program/script path C:\Users\sdesilva2\Downloads\pingserver.bat

In Start in optional field enter the file location , excluding the file name .

C:\Users\sdesilva2\Downloads

You can leave the other tabs as it is and click Ok.

After that every five minutes the job will run and the batch file get executed , and output of the batch file will be generated in C:\Users\sdesilva2\Downloads location .