The Windows JobScheduler is installed as a Windows service.
The service has the name sos_schedulerscheduler_id_ where the scheduler_id was set during the setup.
If you open the Windows services dialog (services.msc) then you find the JobScheduler service with the title SOS JobScheduler -ih1. scheduler_id.
Start/Stop the JobScheduler service
You have multiple options to start/stop the JobScheduler service. You need elevated administrator permissions to start the service.
- using JobScheduler start script (./bin/jobscheduler.cmd)
the JobScheduler start script calls the net.exe and asks for elevated administrator permissions if you start the JobScheduler service the JobScheduler start script calls the JobScheduler command <modify_spooler cmd'terminate'/> to stop itself open a _Command Prompt_
> bin/jobscheduler.cmd start_service > bin/jobscheduler.cmd stop
- using Windows services dialog
select the service _SOS JobScheduler -id=[scheduler_id]_ and use the function start or stop in the context menu
- using net.exe
open a _Command Prompt_ with elevated administrator permissions
> net.exe start sos_scheduler_[scheduler_id] > net.exe stop sos_scheduler_[scheduler_id]
- using sc.exe
open a _Command Prompt_ with elevated administrator permissions
> sc.exe start sos_scheduler_[scheduler_id] > sc.exe stop sos_scheduler_[scheduler_id]