From 4f510418335f8795fc9ad0d9481044298097a9bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dmitrij Rubcov <90839552+dmitrijrub@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:59:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove scheduled task for runner initialization

# Note: Runner startup is handled by user-data script at instance launch
# Removed scheduled task to prevent duplicate runner registration
---
 images/windows-core-2022/windows-provisioner.ps1 | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/images/windows-core-2022/windows-provisioner.ps1 b/images/windows-core-2022/windows-provisioner.ps1
index d83c4e8307..8a0aa911a4 100644
--- a/images/windows-core-2022/windows-provisioner.ps1
+++ b/images/windows-core-2022/windows-provisioner.ps1
@@ -45,8 +45,4 @@ Expand-Archive -Path actions-runner.zip -DestinationPath .
 Write-Host "Delete zip file"
 Remove-Item actions-runner.zip
 
-$action = New-ScheduledTaskAction -WorkingDirectory "C:\actions-runner" -Execute "PowerShell.exe" -Argument "-File C:\start-runner.ps1"
-$trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtStartup
-Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName "runnerinit" -Action $action -Trigger $trigger -User System -RunLevel Highest -Force
-
-C:\ProgramData\Amazon\EC2-Windows\Launch\Scripts\InitializeInstance.ps1 -Schedule
\ No newline at end of file
+C:\ProgramData\Amazon\EC2-Windows\Launch\Scripts\InitializeInstance.ps1 -Schedule