# Scheduling

Scheduling: Scheduled Tasks, Scripts That Run Without You.

Updated: November 10, 2026

1. [Scheduled Tasks](https://www.ask-codey.com/lessons/powershell-scheduled-tasks) (Journeyman): A scheduled task is Windows' alarm clock for programs, a trigger that says when and an action that says what to run, built with New-ScheduledTaskTrigger and New-ScheduledTaskAction, handed to Task Scheduler with Register-ScheduledTask, and checked with Get-ScheduledTask.
2. [Scripts That Run Without You](https://www.ask-codey.com/lessons/powershell-unattended-scripts) (Freelancer): A script run by a scheduled task has nobody to answer its questions and doesn't start in its own folder, so it takes parameters instead of asking, builds its paths from $PSScriptRoot, leaves a dated log and a Start-Transcript recording, ends with an honest exit code, and runs as the account the task names.

Source: https://www.ask-codey.com/courses/powershell-in-depth/topics/powershell-scheduling