Microsoft KB Archive/934990

= Message in Defrag Manager when you try to start a defrag job: &quot;Task Failed to Run&quot; =

Article ID: 934990

Article Last Modified on 7/26/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Winternals Defrag Manager 3.0
 * Winternals Defrag Manager 4.0

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SUMMARY
In Winternals Defrag Manager, you use a defrag schedule to start a defrag job, or you click DEFRAG NOW to start a defrag job. However, the defrag job does not start, and you may find the following message in the RESULT pane:

Task Failed to Run



CAUSE
This problem can occur when one or more of the following conditions are true.

Task Scheduler problem
Task Scheduler service is not running.

Authentication problem
The account that you use to run the defrag job has not been granted permissions to run a batch job. Additionally, the password may not be correct for the account that you use to run a batch job.

Permissions problem
The account that you use to run the defrag job has not been granted Full Control permissions on the defrag job.



RESOLUTION
Use one or more of the following resolutions, as appropriate for your situation.

Task Scheduler
If Task Scheduler service is not running, restart the Task Scheduler service, and then run the defrag job again.

Authentication
If the account that you use to run the defrag job has not been granted permissions to run a batch job, follow these steps to resolve this problem:
 * 1) In Defrag Manager, click BROWSE in the defrag job properties, and then verify that the account that you use is in the list.
 * 2) Verify that the password is correct for the account that you use to run the defrag job.

Permissions
If the computer that is running Defrag Manager is in a domain, verify that you use a domain administrator account when you log on to the computer.

If the computer that is running Defrag Manager is in a workgroup, see the &quot;More information&quot; section.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about how to run Winternals Defrag Manager on a computer that is in a workgroup, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

936006 How to run Defrag Manager on computers in a workgroup that is not part of a domain

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