diff --git a/src/daemon/inspect.ts b/src/daemon/inspect.ts
index 63970351a9..d0153ce13b 100644
--- a/src/daemon/inspect.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/inspect.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
-import { promisify } from "node:util";
 import {
   GATEWAY_SERVICE_KIND,
   GATEWAY_SERVICE_MARKER,
@@ -9,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   resolveGatewaySystemdServiceName,
   resolveGatewayWindowsTaskName,
 } from "./constants.js";
+import { execSchtasks } from "./schtasks-exec.js";
 
 export type ExtraGatewayService = {
   platform: "darwin" | "linux" | "win32";
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ export type FindExtraGatewayServicesOptions = {
 };
 
 const EXTRA_MARKERS = ["openclaw", "clawdbot", "moltbot"] as const;
-const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
 
 export function renderGatewayServiceCleanupHints(
   env: Record<string, string | undefined> = process.env as Record<string, string | undefined>,
@@ -296,35 +294,6 @@ function parseSchtasksList(output: string): ScheduledTaskInfo[] {
   return tasks;
 }
 
-async function execSchtasks(
-  args: string[],
-): Promise<{ stdout: string; stderr: string; code: number }> {
-  try {
-    const { stdout, stderr } = await execFileAsync("schtasks", args, {
-      encoding: "utf8",
-      windowsHide: true,
-    });
-    return {
-      stdout: String(stdout ?? ""),
-      stderr: String(stderr ?? ""),
-      code: 0,
-    };
-  } catch (error) {
-    const e = error as {
-      stdout?: unknown;
-      stderr?: unknown;
-      code?: unknown;
-      message?: unknown;
-    };
-    return {
-      stdout: typeof e.stdout === "string" ? e.stdout : "",
-      stderr:
-        typeof e.stderr === "string" ? e.stderr : typeof e.message === "string" ? e.message : "",
-      code: typeof e.code === "number" ? e.code : 1,
-    };
-  }
-}
-
 export async function findExtraGatewayServices(
   env: Record<string, string | undefined>,
   opts: FindExtraGatewayServicesOptions = {},
diff --git a/src/daemon/schtasks-exec.ts b/src/daemon/schtasks-exec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9c2628b44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/daemon/schtasks-exec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
+import { promisify } from "node:util";
+
+const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
+
+export async function execSchtasks(
+  args: string[],
+): Promise<{ stdout: string; stderr: string; code: number }> {
+  try {
+    const { stdout, stderr } = await execFileAsync("schtasks", args, {
+      encoding: "utf8",
+      windowsHide: true,
+    });
+    return {
+      stdout: String(stdout ?? ""),
+      stderr: String(stderr ?? ""),
+      code: 0,
+    };
+  } catch (error) {
+    const e = error as {
+      stdout?: unknown;
+      stderr?: unknown;
+      code?: unknown;
+      message?: unknown;
+    };
+    return {
+      stdout: typeof e.stdout === "string" ? e.stdout : "",
+      stderr:
+        typeof e.stderr === "string" ? e.stderr : typeof e.message === "string" ? e.message : "",
+      code: typeof e.code === "number" ? e.code : 1,
+    };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/daemon/schtasks.ts b/src/daemon/schtasks.ts
index 138fe7c505..eb66626916 100644
--- a/src/daemon/schtasks.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/schtasks.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
-import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
-import { promisify } from "node:util";
 import type { GatewayServiceRuntime } from "./service-runtime.js";
 import { colorize, isRich, theme } from "../terminal/theme.js";
 import { formatGatewayServiceDescription, resolveGatewayWindowsTaskName } from "./constants.js";
 import { resolveGatewayStateDir } from "./paths.js";
 import { parseKeyValueOutput } from "./runtime-parse.js";
-
-const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
+import { execSchtasks } from "./schtasks-exec.js";
 
 const formatLine = (label: string, value: string) => {
   const rich = isRich();
@@ -197,35 +194,6 @@ function buildTaskScript({
   return `${lines.join("\r\n")}\r\n`;
 }
 
-async function execSchtasks(
-  args: string[],
-): Promise<{ stdout: string; stderr: string; code: number }> {
-  try {
-    const { stdout, stderr } = await execFileAsync("schtasks", args, {
-      encoding: "utf8",
-      windowsHide: true,
-    });
-    return {
-      stdout: String(stdout ?? ""),
-      stderr: String(stderr ?? ""),
-      code: 0,
-    };
-  } catch (error) {
-    const e = error as {
-      stdout?: unknown;
-      stderr?: unknown;
-      code?: unknown;
-      message?: unknown;
-    };
-    return {
-      stdout: typeof e.stdout === "string" ? e.stdout : "",
-      stderr:
-        typeof e.stderr === "string" ? e.stderr : typeof e.message === "string" ? e.message : "",
-      code: typeof e.code === "number" ? e.code : 1,
-    };
-  }
-}
-
 async function assertSchtasksAvailable() {
   const res = await execSchtasks(["/Query"]);
   if (res.code === 0) {