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    As of Windows 10 v1803 background tasks are supported. Commented Jul 3, 2018 at 1:46
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    It might be helpful to point out "background tasks" = crontab and other daemons. Here is a practical example of loading crontab when Windows boots up. Then using rsync every 2 days to backup Windows database: blog.snowme34.com/post/… Commented May 7, 2019 at 11:24