Scheduled Task Reader

A program to various information of scheduled tasks.

Installation

Clone this git repository, then run the following commands:

python3 -m venv venv

source venv/bin/activate

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

or just

pip3 install scheduled-tasks-reader

Help page

usage: Scheduled Tasks Reader [-h] [-o OUTPUT] [-of]
                              [-n TASK_NAMES [TASK_NAMES ...]]
                              [-p TASK_PATHS [TASK_PATHS ...]] [-s  [...]]
                              [-t  [...]] [--only_hidden] [--raw_data]
                              [--version]
                              dir_of_registry_files

Get Overview of Scheduled Tasks from the relevant registry files.

positional arguments:
  dir_of_registry_files
                        Path to the directory containing the relevant registry
                        files

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
                        Store output at specified location. It will overwrite
                        existing files!
  -of , --output_format 
                        Define output format. Default value is: html.Allowed
                        values are: ['html', 'json', 'csv']
  -n TASK_NAMES [TASK_NAMES ...], --task_names TASK_NAMES [TASK_NAMES ...]
                        Filter for array of one or more names of scheduled
                        task (separated by space).
  -p TASK_PATHS [TASK_PATHS ...], --task_paths TASK_PATHS [TASK_PATHS ...]
                        Filter for array of one or more paths of scheduled
                        task (separated by space).
  -s  [ ...], --sort_by  [ ...]
                        Sort by array of one or more attributes of scheduled
                        task (separated by space). Default values are:
                        ['task_path', 'task_name'].Allowed values are:
                        ['task_path', 'task_name', 'enabled', 'hidden',
                        'triggers', 'exec_command', 'exec_args',
                        'schedule_time']
  -t  [ ...], --task_triggers  [ ...]
                        Filter for array of one or more trigger types of
                        scheduled task (separated by space). Allowed values
                        are: ['EventTrigger', 'TimeTrigger', 'LogonTrigger',
                        'BootTrigger', 'CalendarTrigger',
                        'SessionStateChangeTrigger', 'RegistrationTrigger']
  --table_terminal_output
                        Show the output as a table, needs a wide Terminal.
  --only_hidden         Show only the hidden scheduled tasks
  --raw_data            Append the raw data from the scheduled tasks parsed
                        from the xmls to the normal output.
  --version             show program's version number and exit

Example output

task_path        Microsoft/Windows/Registry                        
task_name        RegIdleBackup                                     
enabled          True                                              
hidden           True                                              
triggers         [CalendarTrigger]                                 
exec_command                                                       
exec_args                                                          
schedule_time    {'schedule': 'ScheduleByDay', 'dayInterval': '10'}
===========================
...

or with the --table_terminal_output it would look like this:

task_path  task_name                  enabled  hidden  triggers            exec_command                                                                 exec_args                                           schedule_time                                                                     
 .          AviraSystemSpeedupUpdate   True     False   [CalendarTrigger]   "C:\ProgramData\Avira\SystemSpeedup\Update\avira_speedup_setup_update.exe"   /VERIFY /VERYSILENT /NOSTART /NODOTNET /NORESTART   {'schedule': 'ScheduleByWeek', 'daysOfWeek': ['Tuesday'], 'weeksInterval': '1'}  
 .          Avira_Antivirus_Systray    True     False   [ LogonTrigger]     "C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Antivirus\avgnt.exe"                           /min                                                N/A
...

Built With

• python3 - Python ❤️
• argparse - Parser for command-line options, arguments and sub-commands
• xmltodict - To parse xml files
• pandas - Powerful Python data analysis toolkit

Contributing

Contributing in form of feedback, bug reporting or pull requests is welcome.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details

Acknowledgments

• Google ❤️