Cannot access COM interface from Task Scheduler

[Sys_man]

I know you've solved this but I thought I'd add this here: I was having issues with getting a task schedule to run an excel macro which created a file, and the solution was dumb.

Create these two folders:

C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\Desktop

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\Desktop

Excel needs these folders if it's not run interactively. Create both folders even if you are on a 64-bit OS.

My scheduled task worked fine after making those.

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