c# console app will not run as a scheduled task on specific server

Question

I have a console application that performs some data work and then closes. If I run the executable manually it opens a command prompt, runs the program, and closes. No issues at all regardless of what Microsoft OS I'm using.

However, if I attempt to run the program as a scheduled task it fails on one specific server running Windows Server 2008 R2. It works as a scheduled task just fine on other servers, including another Windows Server 2008 R2 box in the same building. Unfortunately this one server is the server it needs to run on. I've tried adding logging, writing to the event logs, executing the application as an administration, forcing 32 or 64 bit, and launching it as a separate launch from a .bat file. Nothing. The program isn't crashing, it is just never opening.

Does anyone know what may be causing this? I'm at a loss and I don't know what to do.

Edit: I created a test .bat file that just launches a command prompt to see if it would open a command prompt window. It does not. The other tasks seem to run fine though.

Edit #2: I have been researched this and something that has come up is to set the task to enable with desktop. I can't find that option nor can I think of a reason why it would fix this issue but it seems to keep coming up.

Answer 1

After a bit of fiddling around this is what worked for me. When you point to the console application in the actions Tab, ensure that you fill in the 'Start in' field with the location where the executable is located even though it says that it is optional. Once you fill that in, it will work.