Erik,

You are right and you are wrong..

Let me explain..

Back in the days of IE4, you had the options to install Task Scheduler and Active Desktop, but if you did not install these at the time of IE4 and you did upgrades to IE5/6 you would be missing them.

I did do some hacking about two years ago and figured out how to install the Task Scheduler from the IE installation without having to reinstall - [Cool]

You need the following files:
quote:

mstask.chm
mstask.dll
mstask.exe
mstask.hlp
mstask.inf
mstask.ini
mstinit.exe
schedule.reg
schedule.reg is:
code:
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Schedule]
"Type"=dword:00000120
"Start"=dword:00000002
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"ImagePath"=hex(2):25,53,79,73,74,65,6d,52,6f,6f,74,25,5c,73,79,73,74,65,6d,33,\
  32,5c,4d,53,54,61,73,6b,2e,65,78,65,00
"ObjectName"="LocalSystem"
"DisplayName"="Task Scheduler"
"DependOnService"=hex(7):52,70,63,53,73,00,00
"DependOnGroup"=hex(7):00
"Group"=""
"NextAtJobId"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Schedule\Enum]
"0"="Root\\LEGACY_SCHEDULE\\0000"
"Count"=dword:00000001
"NextInstance"=dword:00000001
To implement this, you need to do the following:
quote:

Task Scheduler Installation process..

Right-Click on the MSTASK.INF file.
Choose Install.

Double-Click on the SCHEDULE.REG and merge with the Registry.

Reboot the system.
We have done this process with a number of servers with great success.

DISCLAIMER: You will need to get these files from the appropriate installation of IE.

Was not able to duplicate this process for the Active Desktop. [Frown]

HTH,

Kent
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