Task Scheduler Options

Hey guys,
I have a simple script to create multiple scheduled tasks, but am curious if there is a way to add in the option to select the "Run with highest privileges" and also the "Start In" path under the Actions tab.
This is what we are using to create the scripts, but it would be nice to not have to go back in and select/input those options.
schtasks /create /ru %domain%\administrator /RP ******** /SC DAILY /TN Midday-SFTP /TR D:\NS5\6.2.1-GA\Standard\scripts\Midday-SFTP.cmd /ST 19:00

Hi Mjannise,
one piece of advice: The first target I'd ask when trying to figure out how a command works, is the command itself:
schtasks /create /?
Reading this text (quite a bit, I admit) will direkt you to the /RL Parameter and its usage.
I don't see how you can change the Start-In path using schtasks, however you could ...
a) Write the path into the script
b) Pass the path to the script as parameter
c) Write the task as an xml file and pass the XML definition to schtasks (You can export a task as XML from the task-scheduler)
Cheers,
Fred
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Hi Mister,
In addition, Since you need to launch a GUI application through Task Scheduler, so this task also need to run interactively.
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Hello Dave Patrick,
I've also tried this approach and I came across this error after I try to enter someuser01's credentials:
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Hmmn, closer. I'm getting this error now:
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+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (winscp.com /com...t {4} {5}" exit:String) [], RuntimeException
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