OfficeBackgroundTaskHandlerRegistration flashes a window every hour

can you tell me more clear. this hard for me to understand. thanks.

can you tell me more clear. this hard for me to understand. thanks.

There are two scheduled tasks, "OfficeBackgroundTaskHandlerRegistration" and "OfficeBackgroundTaskHandlerLogon".

Modify both of them to the following in the "Actions" tab:

Program/script: start

Add arguments: /b "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\officebackgroundtaskhandler.exe"

That starts the handler minimized and prevents the UI from showing. This is a better solution that running it as administrator, etc. You should *not* do that. That is a legitimate security risk. Don't do it.

This way doesn't work for me.

Is there a really, really good reason that the "OfficeBackgroundTaskHandlerRegistration" task (see it in Task Scheduler, Microsoft, Office) must run every hour?  This is what it says that it does: "This task initiates Office Background Task Handler, which updates relevant Office data."

I ask, because it runs officebackgroundtaskhandler.exe in such a way that it flashes a window (itself) on the screen. Only instantaneously to be sure, but it's noticeable, especially once you catch onto what's happening. You can run the task manually if you want to see it without waiting.

Why doesn't the task use one of the many tricks to hide a window from displaying?

Insider Fast on Win10.

This is horribly annoying, I've disabled this in autoruns multiple times and some update I imagine keeps enabling them.  I play a lot of games and whenever this runs it kicks me to the Desktop.  Please fix.