Scheduled Tasks - SetFlags

[Roger Upole]

kj7ny wrote:
> How do I enable/disable a scheduled task using Python?
>
> I can get to a task:
>
>        self.ts=pythoncom.CoCreateInstance
> (taskscheduler.CLSID_CTaskScheduler,None,pythoncom.CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,taskscheduler.IID_ITaskScheduler)
>        self.ts.SetTargetComputer(u'\\\\SomeServer')
>        self.tasks=self.ts.Enum()
>        for task in self.tasks:
>            self.t=self.ts.Activate(task)
>            if self.t.GetAccountInformation().lower().find('SomeUser')
>>=0:
>                print self.t.GetFlags()
>
> I can find if a task is enabled or not and toggle it:
>
>                disabled=self.t.GetFlags() &
> taskscheduler.TASK_FLAG_DISABLED == taskscheduler.TASK_FLAG_DISABLED
>                print 'Originally Disabled: %s'%(disabled,)
>                if disabled:
>                    self.t.SetFlags(self.t.GetFlags() &
> ~taskscheduler.TASK_FLAG_DISABLED)
>                else:
>                    self.t.SetFlags(self.t.GetFlags() |
> taskscheduler.TASK_FLAG_DISABLED)
>                disabled=self.t.GetFlags() &
> taskscheduler.TASK_FLAG_DISABLED == taskscheduler.TASK_FLAG_DISABLED
>                print 'Recheck Disabled: %s'%(disabled,)
>
> ... "Recheck Disabled" shows that the value "says" it has been
> disabled.
>
> The problem is that if I run it again and again, "Originally Disabled"
> is always the same.  In other words, "Recheck Disabled" does NOT
> stick.  It's like I'm missing a .commit()
>

Your missing commit is spelled

pf=t.QueryInterface(pythoncom.IID_IPersistFile)
pf.Save(None,1)

       Roger