task scheduler shell? :S

[dark_shadow]

i was wondering why is it if in cmd you put :

at 1:34 /interactive cmd.exe

when the task is executed at 1:34 if you look at the top if the newly created cmd windows it says: "C:\Windows\system32\Svchost.exe" does this mean that the svchost has a useable shell ?

[penagate]

AT executes using a service which is hosted by the svchost process, so that is what you see in the console title.

[dark_shadow]

hmm so its still identical to the normal cmd prompt right? nothing special about it ? ( well othere than the fact that it starts with the SYSTEM account as opposed to the normal user )

[mendhak]

Put simply: It's just an exe loading another exe. You can even do it from VB/C# applications for that matter.

What do you mean by "usable shell" though? Wanting to use it from your code?

[dark_shadow]

well that was one of the problems i think i was having with one of my programs i think i explained it in the classic vb section what i ment was that it seemed like scvhost.exe had its own command line interface and if so i thoguht there may be some other command to it instad of the normal command prompt. and considering its running under the system account the rights would be a bit more stronger