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Does a scheduled task in Windows that is triggered by an event run continually?

I created a scheduled task in Windows 7 that is supposed to be triggered when an event happens. Well, the event happened, and the action did not get performed?

Does a scheduled task in Windows that is triggered by an event run continually?

If so, should it get triggered if the event occurs during the period when Windows is starting from cold boot? If not, can it be configured to look back 60 seconds?

I can break this up into separate questions if our community prefers, but I didn’t want to spam… just let me know.