diff --git a/src/daemon/cmd-set.ts b/src/daemon/cmd-set.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae692ee583
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/daemon/cmd-set.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+export type CmdSetAssignment = { key: string; value: string };
+
+function escapeCmdSetAssignmentComponent(value: string): string {
+  return value.replace(/\^/g, "^^").replace(/%/g, "%%").replace(/!/g, "^!").replace(/"/g, '^"');
+}
+
+function unescapeCmdSetAssignmentComponent(value: string): string {
+  let out = "";
+  for (let i = 0; i < value.length; i += 1) {
+    const ch = value[i];
+    const next = value[i + 1];
+    if (ch === "^" && (next === "^" || next === '"' || next === "!")) {
+      out += next;
+      i += 1;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (ch === "%" && next === "%") {
+      out += "%";
+      i += 1;
+      continue;
+    }
+    out += ch;
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+export function parseCmdSetAssignment(line: string): CmdSetAssignment | null {
+  const raw = line.trim();
+  if (!raw) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const quoted = raw.startsWith('"') && raw.endsWith('"') && raw.length >= 2;
+  const assignment = quoted ? raw.slice(1, -1) : raw;
+  const index = assignment.indexOf("=");
+  if (index <= 0) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const key = assignment.slice(0, index).trim();
+  const value = assignment.slice(index + 1).trim();
+  if (!key) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  if (!quoted) {
+    return { key, value };
+  }
+  return {
+    key: unescapeCmdSetAssignmentComponent(key),
+    value: unescapeCmdSetAssignmentComponent(value),
+  };
+}
+
+export function renderCmdSetAssignment(key: string, value: string): string {
+  const escapedKey = escapeCmdSetAssignmentComponent(key);
+  const escapedValue = escapeCmdSetAssignmentComponent(value);
+  return `set "${escapedKey}=${escapedValue}"`;
+}
diff --git a/src/daemon/schtasks.install.test.ts b/src/daemon/schtasks.install.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb5458dc1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/daemon/schtasks.install.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import fs from "node:fs/promises";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { PassThrough } from "node:stream";
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { installScheduledTask, readScheduledTaskCommand } from "./schtasks.js";
+
+const schtasksCalls: string[][] = [];
+
+vi.mock("./schtasks-exec.js", () => ({
+  execSchtasks: async (argv: string[]) => {
+    schtasksCalls.push(argv);
+    return { code: 0, stdout: "", stderr: "" };
+  },
+}));
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  schtasksCalls.length = 0;
+});
+
+describe("installScheduledTask", () => {
+  it("writes quoted set assignments and escapes metacharacters", async () => {
+    const tmpDir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-schtasks-install-"));
+    try {
+      const env = {
+        USERPROFILE: tmpDir,
+        OPENCLAW_PROFILE: "default",
+      };
+      const { scriptPath } = await installScheduledTask({
+        env,
+        stdout: new PassThrough(),
+        programArguments: ["node", "gateway.js", "--verbose"],
+        environment: {
+          OC_INJECT: "safe & whoami | calc",
+          OC_CARET: "a^b",
+          OC_PERCENT: "%TEMP%",
+          OC_BANG: "!token!",
+          OC_QUOTE: 'he said "hi"',
+        },
+      });
+
+      const script = await fs.readFile(scriptPath, "utf8");
+      expect(script).toContain('set "OC_INJECT=safe & whoami | calc"');
+      expect(script).toContain('set "OC_CARET=a^^b"');
+      expect(script).toContain('set "OC_PERCENT=%%TEMP%%"');
+      expect(script).toContain('set "OC_BANG=^!token^!"');
+      expect(script).toContain('set "OC_QUOTE=he said ^"hi^""');
+      expect(script).not.toContain("set OC_INJECT=");
+
+      const parsed = await readScheduledTaskCommand(env);
+      expect(parsed?.environment).toMatchObject({
+        OC_INJECT: "safe & whoami | calc",
+        OC_CARET: "a^b",
+        OC_PERCENT: "%TEMP%",
+        OC_BANG: "!token!",
+        OC_QUOTE: 'he said "hi"',
+      });
+
+      expect(schtasksCalls[0]).toEqual(["/Query"]);
+      expect(schtasksCalls[1]?.[0]).toBe("/Create");
+      expect(schtasksCalls[2]).toEqual(["/Run", "/TN", "OpenClaw Gateway"]);
+    } finally {
+      await fs.rm(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/daemon/schtasks.test.ts b/src/daemon/schtasks.test.ts
index d7ef78c501..3923f197ba 100644
--- a/src/daemon/schtasks.test.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/schtasks.test.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,8 @@
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
-import { PassThrough } from "node:stream";
-import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-import {
-  installScheduledTask,
-  parseSchtasksQuery,
-  readScheduledTaskCommand,
-  resolveTaskScriptPath,
-} from "./schtasks.js";
-
-const schtasksCalls: string[][] = [];
-
-vi.mock("./schtasks-exec.js", () => ({
-  execSchtasks: async (argv: string[]) => {
-    schtasksCalls.push(argv);
-    return { code: 0, stdout: "", stderr: "" };
-  },
-}));
-
-beforeEach(() => {
-  schtasksCalls.length = 0;
-});
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { parseSchtasksQuery, readScheduledTaskCommand, resolveTaskScriptPath } from "./schtasks.js";
 
 describe("schtasks runtime parsing", () => {
   it.each(["Ready", "Running"])("parses %s status", (status) => {
@@ -246,50 +227,3 @@ describe("readScheduledTaskCommand", () => {
     );
   });
 });
-
-describe("installScheduledTask", () => {
-  it("writes quoted set assignments and escapes metacharacters", async () => {
-    const tmpDir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-schtasks-install-"));
-    try {
-      const env = {
-        USERPROFILE: tmpDir,
-        OPENCLAW_PROFILE: "default",
-      };
-      const { scriptPath } = await installScheduledTask({
-        env,
-        stdout: new PassThrough(),
-        programArguments: ["node", "gateway.js", "--verbose"],
-        environment: {
-          OC_INJECT: "safe & whoami | calc",
-          OC_CARET: "a^b",
-          OC_PERCENT: "%TEMP%",
-          OC_BANG: "!token!",
-          OC_QUOTE: 'he said "hi"',
-        },
-      });
-
-      const script = await fs.readFile(scriptPath, "utf8");
-      expect(script).toContain('set "OC_INJECT=safe & whoami | calc"');
-      expect(script).toContain('set "OC_CARET=a^^b"');
-      expect(script).toContain('set "OC_PERCENT=%%TEMP%%"');
-      expect(script).toContain('set "OC_BANG=^!token^!"');
-      expect(script).toContain('set "OC_QUOTE=he said ^"hi^""');
-      expect(script).not.toContain("set OC_INJECT=");
-
-      const parsed = await readScheduledTaskCommand(env);
-      expect(parsed?.environment).toMatchObject({
-        OC_INJECT: "safe & whoami | calc",
-        OC_CARET: "a^b",
-        OC_PERCENT: "%TEMP%",
-        OC_BANG: "!token!",
-        OC_QUOTE: 'he said "hi"',
-      });
-
-      expect(schtasksCalls[0]).toEqual(["/Query"]);
-      expect(schtasksCalls[1]?.[0]).toBe("/Create");
-      expect(schtasksCalls[2]).toEqual(["/Run", "/TN", "OpenClaw Gateway"]);
-    } finally {
-      await fs.rm(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
-    }
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/daemon/schtasks.ts b/src/daemon/schtasks.ts
index 1c6f4b8d30..ab9f9240fd 100644
--- a/src/daemon/schtasks.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/schtasks.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import type {
   GatewayServiceRenderArgs,
 } from "./service-types.js";
 import { splitArgsPreservingQuotes } from "./arg-split.js";
+import { parseCmdSetAssignment, renderCmdSetAssignment } from "./cmd-set.js";
 import { resolveGatewayServiceDescription, resolveGatewayWindowsTaskName } from "./constants.js";
 import { formatLine, writeFormattedLines } from "./output.js";
 import { resolveGatewayStateDir } from "./paths.js";
@@ -42,61 +43,6 @@ function quoteCmdArg(value: string): string {
   return `"${value.replace(/"/g, '\\"')}"`;
 }
 
-function escapeCmdSetAssignmentComponent(value: string): string {
-  return value.replace(/\^/g, "^^").replace(/%/g, "%%").replace(/!/g, "^!").replace(/"/g, '^"');
-}
-
-function unescapeCmdSetAssignmentComponent(value: string): string {
-  let out = "";
-  for (let i = 0; i < value.length; i += 1) {
-    const ch = value[i];
-    const next = value[i + 1];
-    if (ch === "^" && (next === "^" || next === '"' || next === "!")) {
-      out += next;
-      i += 1;
-      continue;
-    }
-    if (ch === "%" && next === "%") {
-      out += "%";
-      i += 1;
-      continue;
-    }
-    out += ch;
-  }
-  return out;
-}
-
-function parseCmdSetAssignment(line: string): { key: string; value: string } | null {
-  const raw = line.trim();
-  if (!raw) {
-    return null;
-  }
-  const quoted = raw.startsWith('"') && raw.endsWith('"') && raw.length >= 2;
-  const assignment = quoted ? raw.slice(1, -1) : raw;
-  const index = assignment.indexOf("=");
-  if (index <= 0) {
-    return null;
-  }
-  const key = assignment.slice(0, index).trim();
-  const value = assignment.slice(index + 1).trim();
-  if (!key) {
-    return null;
-  }
-  if (!quoted) {
-    return { key, value };
-  }
-  return {
-    key: unescapeCmdSetAssignmentComponent(key),
-    value: unescapeCmdSetAssignmentComponent(value),
-  };
-}
-
-function renderCmdSetAssignment(key: string, value: string): string {
-  const escapedKey = escapeCmdSetAssignmentComponent(key);
-  const escapedValue = escapeCmdSetAssignmentComponent(value);
-  return `set "${escapedKey}=${escapedValue}"`;
-}
-
 function resolveTaskUser(env: GatewayServiceEnv): string | null {
   const username = env.USERNAME || env.USER || env.LOGNAME;
   if (!username) {
@@ -132,20 +78,21 @@ export async function readScheduledTaskCommand(
       if (!line) {
         continue;
       }
+      const lower = line.toLowerCase();
       if (line.startsWith("@echo")) {
         continue;
       }
-      if (line.toLowerCase().startsWith("rem ")) {
+      if (lower.startsWith("rem ")) {
         continue;
       }
-      if (line.toLowerCase().startsWith("set ")) {
+      if (lower.startsWith("set ")) {
         const assignment = parseCmdSetAssignment(line.slice(4));
         if (assignment) {
           environment[assignment.key] = assignment.value;
         }
         continue;
       }
-      if (line.toLowerCase().startsWith("cd /d ")) {
+      if (lower.startsWith("cd /d ")) {
         workingDirectory = line.slice("cd /d ".length).trim().replace(/^"|"$/g, "");
         continue;
       }