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How can I start multiple applications and instances using a Windows Scheduled Task?

I have three main applications. I am trying to start them automatically at log on in a specific order with a given delay. Here is an example of how I'd like everything to be: User logs in. Wait ...
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Windows .bat fails when running from Scheduled tasks; runs fine when running from command line

I am trying to start a virtual machine via a batch file. The .bat file runs fine when I run it from the Windows command line. But when I run it from scheduled tasks, it exits with error code 1. I ...
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Migrating from cmd to mac

For me it is quite easy to automate a jar file to run on a pc. java -jar "C:\...\mFilePath\myJar.jar" stick this into a cmd file, and schedule it. Now, migrating over to a mac, i am unsure how to ...
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Status of the process while Windows scheduler working

I have a .bat file which should kick off every 30mins. I am using Windows scheduler for this. I have some questions on the same, 1) Does the scheduled task starts at a scheduled time even after a ...
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Scheduled logoff scripts

I wondered if it was possible to launch a logoff script only, for example, every friday. Can this task be scheduled in Active Directory or must I programm a scripts that adds and remove it every ...
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Batch script for creating tasks?

Is there a way to create a batch script to add tasks to the Windows Task system? I need to setup 2-3 tasks per system but I want to be able to run a script to do it.
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How can I recognize a running batch file in task manager?

I run a few batch files as SYSTEM (as services) and they appear as cmd.exe in tasklist. Sometimes I need to terminate one of them but I cannot decide which cmd.exe to terminate. Plus; I run many ...
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Windows task scheduler not running batch file on network drive

I have a batch file that I'd like to run with the Task Scheduler. Running the batch file manually works fine. If the batch file resides on the C:\ drive, task scheduler runs it fine, but if the ...
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Display Image With No Window

I have a scheduled task that runs on my user machines at startup that currently brings up a 'configuring your station' style message in a command prompt window that is replaced by a vbscript msgbox ...
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Run Windows batch file on schedule as non-Administrator user

I'm running Windows XP x64 SP2. I have a Windows batch file that with some Robocopy commands that I want to run on schedule. I created a scheduled task for it, running as a dedicated user (not the ...
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Run a batch file with windows task scheduler

I have a batch file daily.bat, this is the code: cd C:\inetpub\wwwroot\infoweb\factuur\cron c:\PHP\php.exe -f ./cron_pdf.php ftp -s:ftp_upload.txt ftp.infoweb.be And I created a task ...
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Problem with running batch file as scheduled task

I am trying to setup my rsync script to run automatically. It uses a key file for authetnication so there is no issue of missin ginput or something. I have user a. In user a's profile live a batch ...
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How to execute a scheduled task with “schtasks” without opening a new command line window?

I have a batch file that creates a scheduled task using schtasks like this: schtasks /create /tn my_task_name /tr "...\my_path\my_task.bat" /sc daily ...
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avoiding console window display when scheduled task runs batch file

I have a small batch file which xcopies some files from one folder to another which I've scheduled (via windows scheduled tasks) to run every 1 hour: @echo off xcopy c:\foo c:\bar /E /C /F /Y Since ...
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Scheduled task to map a network drive runs, but doesn't map the drive

I have a task set up to run whenever the computer is logged onto that deletes all network folders and maps a network drive. Here is what is in the batch file: @echo off net use * /delete /y net use ...
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How to Delete a file at a specified date

I want to delete a file (a .exe) from a folder, after a specified date, say 25/Feb/2010. How can I use scheduled tasks and batch files for this. I am not sure whether the code below work : @ECHO OFF ...
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Task scheduling Batch Files in Vista

Wondering if there is some trick to scheduling a batch file to run in Vista. I have tried almost every setting/arg I can think of with no result other than an error, or the command window opening ...
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FTP BAT file - Windows Scheduled Task

Is it possible to create a scheduled task in windows, that connects to an FTP site, and downloads all the files and folders within the root directory (or specified folders in the root directory) - for ...
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Running bat file using Windows scheduler

I wanted to run a .bat file in Windows task scheduler, so I opened it, added a new task, browsed to the bat file, and... nothing happened. So I changed the timing to see if it'll run, and it didn't. ...