PowerShell script won’t execute as a Windows scheduled task

If the problem you’re having is with Execution Policy, then you can also set the execution policy of a specific invocation of PowerShell. This is what I usually do when executing PowerShell through a scheduled task: powershell.exe -NoProfile -NoLogo -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File \\path\to\script.ps1 Why? -NoProfile This ensures that you don’t rely on anything in … Read more

How to stop a Runnable scheduled for repeated execution after a certain number of executions

You can use the cancel() method on Future. From the javadocs of scheduleAtFixedRate Otherwise, the task will only terminate via cancellation or termination of the executor Here is some example code that wraps a Runnable in another that tracks the number of times the original was run, and cancels after running N times. public void … Read more

java timer task schedule

This works. The key is to have the task itself (after it completes) schedule the next occurrence of the task. import java.util.Timer; import java.util.TimerTask; public class TaskManager { private Timer timer = new Timer(); public static void main(String[] args) { TaskManager manager = new TaskManager(); manager.startTask(); } public void startTask() { timer.schedule(new PeriodicTask(), 0); } … Read more

Is having a single threadpool better design than multiple threadpools

The purpose of having separate dedicated threadpools is so that an activity doesn’t get starved for threads because other activities took all the threads. If some service has its own threadpool then it is assured of having a certain number of threads at its disposal and it’s not as sensitive to demands made by other … Read more

How I can run my TimerTask everyday 2 PM?

Calendar today = Calendar.getInstance(); today.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 2); today.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0); today.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0); // every night at 2am you run your task Timer timer = new Timer(); timer.schedule(new YourTask(), today.getTime(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.convert(1, TimeUnit.DAYS)); // period: 1 day

Android Timer schedule vs scheduleAtFixedRate

The difference is best explained by this non-Android documentation: Fixed-rate timers (scheduleAtFixedRate()) are based on the starting time (so each iteration will execute at startTime + iterationNumber * delayTime). In fixed-rate execution, each execution is scheduled relative to the scheduled execution time of the initial execution. If an execution is delayed for any reason (such … Read more