I have recently upgraded from XP to 8.1. With XP, I had tasks scheduled that would automatically start Outlook, Chrome, and a specific file in Excel open before I got to work and logged in. When I logged in, I didn't have to wait for all of these to load saving me some time. When I upgraded, I scheduled the same tasks, but they would not start. I checked the task manager, and I noticed that the tasks were running in the background, but I had to manually start them to get them to work. I have attached a text file of the xml: View attachment Firefox Task.txt
Why can't I get the tasks to run in the foreground?
See Create Scheduled Task in Windows 8 Personally I would just place a shortcut in the "Start" part of All Programs for the desktop. There are some issues still not resolved if you are trying to do stuff from the Metro/Start screen interface.