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How can I set up Magento 2 cron jobs to work on a Windows server?

I can make the cron tasks run in a similar way to this or by calling the file directly (as far as I can tell this works).

yoursite.com/update/cron.php

However when trying to do extension installs Magento thinks that the cron process is not running (Magento docs on this issue). How can I make it know it is running?

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This can be solved by running the correct command line task from the base magento install directory.

setup:cron:run

Make sure that your installs all use the same version of PHP and that the XSL extension is enabled otherwise this will cause issues as well.

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If you want to run cron job directly without having to wait for the schedule, you can use

n98-magerun2 sys:cron:run <job name>
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I used "Task Scheduler" within Windows to achieve this. I create a task that ran every 5 minutes and for the action I set the following:

Program/script: C:\xampp\php\php.exe

Add arguments (optional): C:\xampp\htdocs\magento2\bin\magento cron:run

The annoying thing about this is that you'll see php.exe pop up every time the cron runs. There's a work around for that, by changing the script to run as system. There's a guide on how to do that here.

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You can simply run the following command line:

php magento-installation-directory/bin/magento cron:run

You can also create cron job to run at a certain time interval if u dont want to run this command manually everytime

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  • Is there anyway to run this same command from the browser do you know?
    – tim.baker
    Sep 8, 2016 at 12:13
  • yes.First go to ur magento admin panel.Then go to stores->configuration->advanced->system.Now under cron(Scheduled tasks) u can configure cron job
    – seilena
    Sep 8, 2016 at 16:00

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