How to fix: "ERROR: Access is denied." ?

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How to fix: "ERROR: Access is denied." ?

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Post by seanbperiod » Wed Jun 21, 2017 4:02 pm

I'm running v1.1.8 but the scheduled task comes up as Access Denied. How do I fix this so I don't have to manually update?

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Post by garyan2 » Wed Jun 21, 2017 4:49 pm

seanbperiod wrote:I'm running v1.1.8 but the scheduled task comes up as Access Denied. How do I fix this so I don't have to manually update?

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I'm assuming you are running on Win10 to get this error. This basically has to due with the active user permissions and the "user" of the task. Win10 has a bug in the task scheduler that I had to create the task for NETWORK_SERVICE, instead of the logged on authenticated user. If you run epg123 as administrator you will see the task and status.
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Post by seanbperiod » Wed Jun 21, 2017 4:51 pm

Thanks Gary. So does that mean that even though it says access denied when running as user, that the task will still run if scheduled under administrator?

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Post by garyan2 » Wed Jun 21, 2017 5:14 pm

Right. The scheduled task will still run. You just won't be able to see the status in GUI unless running it as administrator.
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