I want a webservice (visual studio) to run in windows task scheduler

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So I have a webservice that displays a gridview of images that can be downloaded. I want to schedule a task in windows task scheduler like everyday it can click the download button row by row. I'm really new to windows task scheduler and don't know how this works. I've searched online. If i create a task and just add the webservice into it, it doesn't click anything right? it just runs the program? Please enlighten me :(

What I have tried:

Created a basic task and imported the program file. My program is actually a webservice. So i imported a web service.

Posted 8-Feb-19 15:24pm

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Updated 9-Feb-19 9:51am

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Richard MacCutchan 9-Feb-19 5:49am

Services do not run in the same environment as Windows or Web apps, so they do not have a screen or keyboard. You need to schedule some other application to do the job.

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RickZeeland · Answer 1 · 2019-02-09T09:52:00

Maybe the webservice supports a REST API with commands that you can use, try to find out if this possible.
Then follow the instructions here to run the command with Task Scheduler: windows - How to schedule a task to call a URL - Server Fault[^]

If it is not possible to use REST commands, you could try this CodeProject article: Scheduled Tasks Web Service[^]

Or an automated tool like AutoIt: https://www.autoitscript.com/site/[^]
But from what I read here this will not be a reliable way ...
https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/157809-windows-task-scheduler/[^]
https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/190607-auto-it-not-working-when-using-task-scheduler/[^]