How to start Task Scheduler Services

[Windows 11]

I have been on a long and annoying journey trying to fix this, and it still is not.Starts with my trying to run the defrag tool built into windows. It pops up with this: "Storage optimization cannot start because the task scheduler service is not running. Start the task scheduler service and try again." This leads me down a rabbit hole of trying to get the task scheduler service going. I have tried going into services and clicking start, it says this: "The Task Scheduler service on Local Computer started and then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they are not in use by other service

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