Windows Task Scheduler

Minimum version supported

Windows 10 is the minimum version supported for scheduling.

Elevated mode

If your schedule profile has the permission set to system, resticprofile needs to run in elevated mode to set up the schedules.

Generally, you don’t need to worry about this: resticprofile will restart itself in elevated mode. You’ll see a popup window asking for elevated privileges.

resticprofile is blocked from restarting in elevated mode

Unwanted software Unwanted software

I can’t prevent this without buying a developer certificate. If you know any free or cheap certificate for open-source software, please let me know.

Solution

You’ll need to start an elevated shell yourself.

  • Right-click on Command Prompt, Windows Terminal, or Windows Powershell (choose your favorite)
  • Click on Run as administrator

Start elevated command prompt Start elevated command prompt

It’s easy to spot a terminal window opened with Administrator privileges:

Administrator prefix Administrator prefix

Important

Running the schedule command might cause Windows to delete resticprofile.exe, treating it as a threat.