Unable to schedule a task in aws windows ec2 using user data

To schedule a task in an AWS Windows EC2 instance using user data, you can use the schtasks command to create a new task in the Task Scheduler. Here are the steps to do so:

1. Open the AWS Management Console and navigate to the EC2 instance you want to schedule the task for.

2. In the instance details, click on the "Actions" button and select "Instance Settings" > "View/Change User Data".

3. Enter the following script in the User Data section:

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<powershell>

$TaskName = "MyScheduledTask"

$TaskCommand = "C:\path\to\my\command.exe"

$TaskSchedule = "0 0 * * *"

schtasks /create /tn $TaskName /tr $TaskCommand /sc daily /st $TaskSchedule

</powershell>

1. Replace "MyScheduledTask" with the name you want to give the scheduled task, "C:\path\to\my\command.exe" with the path to the command you want to schedule, and "$TaskSchedule" with the desired schedule (in this example, the task is scheduled to run every day at midnight).

2. Save the User Data and launch the instance.

3. Once the instance is running, you can verify that the task has been created by opening the Task Scheduler and looking for the task with the name you specified.

Note that the user data script will only run once when the instance is launched, so if you need to modify or delete the scheduled task later, you will need to do so manually in the Task Scheduler.