wsh, task scheduler please explain

[wduty]

I am trying to set up a script to run once a day on NT running an IIS webserver. The script would do some complicated database cleanup. But before I do that I'm just trying to get a simple test script to run.

I go into "winnt/tasks/add scheduled task" and add a scheduled task usually to run in a minute or so. It evidently tries to run the script because I always get a "couldn't start task" message.

Thing is, I only have experience writing scripts in asp or browser context but not in a shell or scripting-host context. Is there something special I have to do to create a script to run in this context?

The script I am trying to run is in a file called scheduledtask.js and just contains the following two lines:
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fs = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject"
d = fs.createTextFile("c:\scheduletest.txt"


Why doesn't this work? Am I missing something? Can I not invoke Active-X like this from a shell script? What is the relationship between wsh and NT task-scheduler?

ANY HELP GREATLY APPRECIATED!
[sig]<p>--Will Duty<br><a href=mailto:wduty@radicalfringe.com>wduty@radicalfringe.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br> [/sig]

 

[sesth]

Does your program work when you call it from the command line? If not you should correct this. If yes it may be a problem with the scheduler account. Scheduled tasks are started form the TaskScheduler service that runs with the LocalSystem account. [sig][/sig]

 

[wduty]

sesth, thank you so much! The problem was entering the password for the admin account in the task schedule wizard. I don't know how I could have been so absentminded to just hit &quot;next&quot; on that window.

The test script now runs from the scheduler as expected and I can begin writing my actual database maintenance scripts. [sig]<p>--Will Duty<br><a href=mailto:wduty@radicalfringe.com>wduty@radicalfringe.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br> [/sig]