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My Python Script does not run from Task Scheduler

I have a script which I want to run on a daily basis at the same time, automatically. I tried to use Windows Task Scheduler. but no luck so far. FYI I can run the same script from the console without any issue.
I tried
where python
C:\Users\name\Anaconda3\python.exe
C:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\python.exe
C:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python.exe
on TaskScheduler
Program/script: "C:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\python.exe"
Add arguments: Nomura_Daily_PnL_Check.py
Start in: "C:\Users\name\Jobs\scripts_need_to_run_daily"
when the scheduled time come, literally nothing happens. No error, No output, nothing!
what is wrong in this process?

try mentioning values without double inverted commas, like:
Program/script: C:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\python.exe
Add arguments: Nomura_Daily_PnL_Check.py
Start in: C:\Users\name\Jobs\scripts_need_to_run_daily
Also first try to run a simple program, lets say a python program which will write to a file so that you will know whether task is failing or there is some issue with your program.

Run python script automatically every week (windows)

I wrote a little python Script that fetches data from some website using hard coded credentials ( i know its bad but not part of this question).
The website has new data every day and im gathering data from a whole week and parse it into a single .pdf.
I've already adjusted the script to always generate a pdf off last week by default. (no params needed)
Im kinda lazy and don't want to run the script every week by hand.
So is it possible to run the script at certain times, for example every monday at 10am?

Sure, just utilize Windows' task scheduler. There you can create new tasks to your delight and let it run commands to whatever times or intervalls you want. The task schedulers' GUI should be self-explanatory, but to be concrete on your example:
Configure the run time (weekly, monday, 10am) under triggers
Add a new action and give it your Python interpreter as the command and your script to be run as the argument
Configure the rest according to your needs

Python Script won't run as a scheduled task on Windows 2008 R2

I have multiple recurring tasks scheduled to run several times per day to keep some different data stores in sync with one another. The settings for the 'Actions' tab are as follows:
Action: Start a Program
Program/script: C:\<path to script>.py
Add arguments:
Start in: C:\<directory of script>
I can run the python files just fine if I use the command line and navigate to the file location and use python or even just using python without navigating.
For some reason, the scripts just won't run with a scheduled task. I've checked all over and tried various things like making sure the user profile is set correctly and has all of the necessary privileges, which holds true. These scripts have been working for several weeks now with no problems, so something has changed that we aren't able to identify at this time.
Any suggestions?

Have you tried using:
Action: Start a Program
Program/script: C:\<path to python.exe>\python.exe
Add arguments: C:\\<path to script>\\script.py

Running a Python Script every n Days in Django App

I am looking to run a Python script every n days as part of a Django app.
I need this script to add new rows to the database for each attribute that a user has.
For example a User has many Sites each that have multiple Metric data points. I need to add a new Metric data point for each Site every n days by running a .py script.
I have already written the script itself, but it just works locally.
Is it the right approach to:
1) Get something like Celery or just a simple cron task running to run the python script every n days.
2) Have the python script run through all the Metrics for each Site and add a new data point by executing a SQL command from the python script itself?

You can use Django's manage commad, then use crontab to run this command circularly.

The first step is to write the script - which you have already done. This script should run the task which is to be repeated.
The second step is to schedule the execution.
The de-facto way of doing that is to write a cron entry for the script. This will let the system's cron daemon trigger the script at the interval you select.
To do so, create an entry in the crontab file for the user that owns the script; the command to do so is crontab -e, which will load a plain text file in your preferred editor.
Next, you need to add an entry to this file. The format is:
minutes hours day-of-month month day-of-week script-to-execute
So if you want to run your script every 5 days:
0 0 */5 * * /bin/bash /home/user/path/to/python.py

Schedule Python Script - Windows 7

I have a python script which I would like to run at regular intervals. I am running windows 7. What is the best way to accomplish this? Easiest way?

You can do it in the command line as follows:
schtasks /Create /SC HOURLY /TN PythonTask /TR "PATH_TO_PYTHON_EXE PATH_TO_PYTHON_SCRIPT"
That will create an hourly task called 'PythonTask'. You can replace HOURLY with DAILY, WEEKLY etc.
PATH_TO_PYTHON_EXE will be something like: C:\python25\python.exe. Check out more examples by writing this in the command line:
schtasks /?
Otherwise you can open the Task Scheduler and do it through the GUI.
Hope this helps.

You can use the GUI from the control panel (called "scheduled tasks") to add a task, most of it should be self-explanatory, but there are two things to watch out for:
Make sure you fill in C:\python27\python.exe as the program path, and the path to your script as the argument.
If you choose Run whether user is logged on or not I get an error: The directory name is invalid (0x87010B). Choosing Run only when user is logged on "solves" this issue.
This took me quite a bit to figure out ...

A simple way to do this is to have a continuously running script with a delay loop. For example:
def doit():
print "doing useful things here"
if __name__ == "__main__":
while True:
doit()
time.sleep(3600) # 3600 seconds = 1 hour
Then leave this script running, and it will do its job once per hour.
Note that this is just one approach to the problem; using an OS-provided service like the Task Scheduler is another way that avoids having to leave your script running all the time.