Task Scheduler not running task on boot

[ikjadoon]

Hi! It's super simple: I'm trying to run a script every time my PC turns on. I said, let's use Task Scheduler. I found the correct event in Event Viewer (Kernel-General, Event ID: 12) and created a task via "Attach Task to This Event" right-click option.

But, it didn't trigger this morning.




I didn't change any of the default task settings; my wake from sleep task runs perfectly, no issues. If anybody is a Task Scheduler guru, here's the XML from the created task:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?><Task version="1.2" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task">
  <RegistrationInfo>
    <Date>2016-01-18T11:43:09.4352365</Date>
    <Author>IBRAHIM\Ibrahim</Author>
  </RegistrationInfo>
  <Triggers>
    <EventTrigger>
      <Enabled>true</Enabled>
      <Subscription>&lt;QueryList&gt;&lt;Query Id="0" Path="System"&gt;&lt;Select Path="System"&gt;*[System[Provider[@Name='Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-General'] and EventID=12]]&lt;/Select&gt;&lt;/Query&gt;&lt;/QueryList&gt;</Subscription>
    </EventTrigger>
  </Triggers>
  <Principals>
    <Principal id="Author">
      <UserId>IBRAHIM\Ibrahim</UserId>
      <LogonType>InteractiveToken</LogonType>
      <RunLevel>LeastPrivilege</RunLevel>
    </Principal>
  </Principals>
  <Settings>
    <MultipleInstancesPolicy>IgnoreNew</MultipleInstancesPolicy>
    <DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>true</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>
    <StopIfGoingOnBatteries>true</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>
    <AllowHardTerminate>true</AllowHardTerminate>
    <StartWhenAvailable>false</StartWhenAvailable>
    <RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>
    <IdleSettings>
      <StopOnIdleEnd>true</StopOnIdleEnd>
      <RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle>
    </IdleSettings>
    <AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand>
    <Enabled>true</Enabled>
    <Hidden>false</Hidden>
    <RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle>
    <WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun>
    <ExecutionTimeLimit>P3D</ExecutionTimeLimit>
    <Priority>7</Priority>
  </Settings>
  <Actions Context="Author">
    <Exec>
      <Command>C:\test.vbs</Command>
    </Exec>
  </Actions>
</Task>

Is this the right event to trigger something on boot, Event 12?

 

[ikjadoon]

I changed it to "on startup" and it worked!

 

[RolandJS]

Some startup and some upon-log-on tasks I've also set do only when internet's connected -- updates for the most part.