"Idle Maintenance" Scheduled Task on Windows 8

Q

What is the scheduled task "\Microsoft\Windows\TaskScheduler\Idle Maintenance" on my Windows 8 computer?

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A

"\Microsoft\Windows\TaskScheduler\Idle Maintenance" is a scheduled task on Windows 8 system added as part of Windows installation.

You will see "\Microsoft\Windows\TaskScheduler\Idle Maintenance" listed on Task Scheduler with the following information: 

Name: Idle Maintenance
Location: \Microsoft\Windows\TaskScheduler
Description: Maintenance Scheduler Launcher Task
Actions: Custom handler
Triggers: 
History:

"Idle Maintenance" is disabled by default.

It is recommented to disable "\Microsoft\Windows\TaskScheduler\Idle Maintenance" as a scheduled task.

 

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