How can I force a scheduled .bat job to run in the foreground?

Question

I have a simple .bat that runs a PHP script at the same time every day.

@echo ON
php C:\path\to\script.php argument
pause

It runs fine when I double-click the .bat file. And I set up a scheduled task to run it everyday, but it runs in the background. No Command line window anywhere. I can see that it is indeed running.

I would really like to be able to monitor this job as it runs.

How can I force this to run in a command-line window in the foreground?

Windows 7 environment.

Solution 1

I actually found this answer over on StackOverflow.

In the Scheduled Task properties, under the 'Actions' tab, choose your action and click edit.

Under the program/script field, change this to cmd.

Under the add arguments field, change this to `/k "C:\path\to\job.bat".

This worked for me.

Solution 2

When you schedule the task, if you set it to run as the user that will be logged in at the time, It should run in the foreground. There is also a "Hidden" checkbox under the general tab. Ensure that is unchecked.