Thanks for your help and suggestions Dave, I had to go a different direction though to get this process working.
Sometimes I wish I were a burger flipper rather than a programmer... :) Dave Watts wrote: >> I would prefer to get this running directly from CF, simply because it's >> less complicated... >> > > I'm not sure what you mean by this. Scheduled tasks by default run as > SYSTEM. They're never going to be run "directly from CF" because CF > isn't the scheduler service. > > >> When I try to add /u *localUserName* /p *password* I get this: >> ERROR: Invalid syntax. Cannot specify user name without specifying >> system name. >> > > Are you adding the name as "domain\user" or "localmachinename\user"? > > >> So... when I add /s //*machineName* I get this: >> ERROR: C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll >> > > I think it's just /s machinename, without any slashes. If you did add > slashes, Windows uses backslashes for UNC notation, not forward > slashes. But again, I don't think they're needed at all here. > > I'll qualify all this by saying I haven't used schtasks in a long time. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:313382 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4