Cannot delete files from batch file

This is a test case.
If have the following in a .bat file. If I run it from CMD box, it works fine.
forfiles /P c:\scripts\ /S /M u_ex*.log /C "cmd /c del @PATH" > c:\scripts\output.txt
But If I run it from a scheduled task, it generates the output.txt file which contains a list of the files it SHOULD have deleted, but nothing gets deleted.
The scheduled task runs as a user who is member of administrators group, so has full permissions.
I have also checked the box "run with highest privileges"
anyone know why it wont delete files from a scheduled task ?
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