CakePHP Shell "could not start" from Scheduled task and Windows 2003 Server

Question

I am trying to run a CakePHP Shell script through the Scheduled Task of Windows 2003 server and I'm finding that the task Could not start.

When I run it manually from the Command Prompt it works well:

C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\CakePHP\lib\Cake\Console\cake mail read

The Scheduled task Run field is exactly the same and the Start in is set to:

C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\tickets\app

The Run as field is set as the computer admin which has all permissions (not the ISS user)

Scheduled Task log shows this message when trying to execute it:

"Ticket Mail System.job" (cake) 13/12/2012 07:15:00 ** ERROR **

Unable to start task.

The specific error is:

0x80070005: Access is denied.

It seems it is a permissions problem.

I have tried to give over the lib/Cake/Consol/cake.bat file all permissions for both users, the IIS 6 user and the Internet Guest Account user, but still doesn't work.

Any idea which could be the cause?

Answer 1

It worked well over Windows 7 but it didn't on Window 2003 Server.

Finally, I tried it adding .bat after calling the Shell and it works.

I had to put this in the Run field:

C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\CakePHP\lib\Cake\Console\cake.bat mail read

It seems Windows 2003 needs the .bat at the end...

I found it at: http://www.geekyboy.com/archives/376

Answer 2

Thanks guys, this got my issue solved.

found that my ".bat" file instead had the extension ".CMD" which seemed to work fine up until now.

fixed it by renaming the file extension and changing the directory in the task scheduler.(because it still had the ".CMD" extension.