> I even get the "0x1" last run result error message in task scheduler when I try to do a simple display message
That answers my question from way-back-when (in my second post) as to what happens if you replace the shutdown command with something else — in other words, is the problem specific to the shutdown command or is it something more general? Clearly, it is a more general problem, probably related to permissions, but since
Run with highest privileges
and
Run only when user is logged on
are both ticked, I don't know what else the problem could be with respect to permissions. Maybe permissions on folders? Could a firewall be the problem? Yes, very frustrating!