Task SCheduler shows pcalua.exe with invalid drive

wwirthtorres

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In my task scheduler I have four tasks listed with drive letters that do not exist. Here is one example:

C:\Windows\system32\pcalua.exe -a "E:\Users\Public\Downloads\Programs Hardware\nVidia\nVidia nForce 7 series 780a SLI\64 bit\Drivers\15.49_nforce_winvista_win7_64bit_international_whql.exe" -d "E:\Users\Public\Downloads\Programs Hardware\nVidia\nVidia nForce 7 series 780a SLI\64 bit\Drivers"

I know that pcalua is the program compatability agent. From googling, I haven't been able to discover why these 4 tasks would have drive letters that do not exist - and have never existed. Additionally, this one example appears to be with a driver installation. It is the right driver for my system, but I know better than to install drivers using compatibility settings. I am not the only user of the system, but I am the only administrator.

Installed drives:
drive A: floppy
drive B: (unused)
drive C: Harddrive
drive D: DVD-ROM
that's all that's physically installed. No hardware in (or attached to) the system has changed. There have been no drives mapped and then disconnected or virtual machines setup.

This leaves me with two questions I am trying to get answered:
1. Why are these entries here like this?
2. Can they be safely removed?
 

My Computer

Hello and welcome to the forum.

First can you give us more info about your system...

1. Manufacture name....
2. Model number....
3. laptop or desktop...
4. 32 bit or 64 bit...

Plus if you have not done so I would recommend that you run a full updated virus scan using your anit-virus...

Next if you don't have then download and run a full scan using malwarebytes here is there link, use the free version...

Malwarebytes : Free anti-malware, anti-virus and spyware removal download

Please report back on the findings of both with your next post...
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    a6530f Desktop
    CPU
    HP-PAVILION
    Motherboard
    M2N68-LA (Narra3)
    Memory
    8 Gigs of Ram/DDR2 PC2-6400 MB/sec
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
    Sound Card
    Intergrated Realtex ALC888S Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG W40 series widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1600 X 900
    Hard Drives
    1 640 GB Sata transfer rating: 3.0 Gb/sec speed: 7200 RPM
    PSU
    300W
    Case
    Mid-Size ATX
    Keyboard
    HP Multimedia Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000
    Other Info
    Processor: AMD Phenom X3 8450 Operating speed: Up to 2.1 GHz, Number of cores: 3, Socket: AM2+, Bus speed: 3600 MHz HT3 (clocked down to 2000 MHz)

    Modem: 56K WinModem/

    Supermulti: 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW 12X Ram (+/-)R DL Lightscribe SATA Drive

    Menory Card Reader: 15-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader

    Media Drive
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