A scheduled task is a job scheduled to run at a specific time and frequency and run a specific command on the operational system.
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Is there any way to execute something when closing the laptop's lid?
I'm wondering if there is any way to execute a program, run some command or anything else when closing the laptop's lid.
My question aims to be generic, both for Windows and Linux. Something useful ...
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Starting scheduled task by detecting connection of USB drive
I know it has been discussed before several times that it is not possible to start an application from an usb drive when connecting it due to limitations of autorun (or autoplay??) in Win 7. But it is ...
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Schedule Windows XP wallpaper change without additional apps
Ideally, I'd like to be able to do this through a batch file or VB script, so I can schedule it to run at different times of the day (dark wallpaper at night vs. light wallpaper at day).
I am aware ...
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How to run a program when connecting to a specific network in Windows 7
I want to have an executable run every time I connect to my wireless network at home. The purpose is to sync a folder on my laptop with my desktop machine.
Is there any way run a program or script ...
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Is it possible to do safe USB autorun with Task Scheduler on Windows 7
so I found out that Windows 7 doesn't allow autorun on USB drives.
Is it possible to circumvent this (in a safe way) by setting up a task with Task Scheduler, which fires when the USB drive is ...
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Trigger Task Scheduler in Windows 7 when computer wakes up from sleep/hibernate
I don't want task scheduler or whatever to wake the computer, but when I open the laptop back up and the machine wakes I'd like that to be the trigger that task scheduler or something uses to run an ...
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User friendly way to schedule jobs in Mac OS X
Is there any easy way to schedule repeated jobs in Mac OS X?
I know I could use cron, but I'm looking for a more user friendly way to do it, a GUI for schedules, something like this.
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How can I open a URL on a schedule in the default browser?
I'm looking for a mechanism to open a single URL in the user's current default browser on a schedule/recurring basis.
I know that if I was writing .Net code to do this, I could simply do something ...
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Run minimized batch file from scheduler
I added a batch file to the Windows 7 scheduler and it works fine. The problem is it always displays a command prompt window when it is run. I created a shortcut for the batch file and set it to run ...
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Using Task Scheduler to Run a Task Before Shutdown
As of writing, the only options available are to "Begin the task"
On a schedule
At logon
At startup
On idle
On an event
At task modification/creation
On connect to user session
On disconnect from ...
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Run script on Windows every n minutes
What's the best way on a Windows machine to run some sort of script every n minutes?
I've googled around and read that Windows Scheduler is best avoided.
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How to restrict use of a computer?
Suppose that some person is insomniac because of a bad habit of chatting on the IRC every night until 3AM. That completely ruins this person's life because he is unable to wake up on time to attend ...
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task scheduler won't wake the computer
I want my computer to start uTorrent at 4 o'clock in the morning, when I'm asleep. But the computer is a bit noisy so I put it to sleep mode every time I go to bed.
I've tried creating a task in Task ...
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linux shell, keep task alive for specified time
I am looking for a tool to keep a task alive (restarting if necessary) for a specified amount of time (in seconds), and then kill it and stop. For example: keep_for 3600 rsync foo bar:faz should for ...
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How can Windows 7 be set to sleep at 8pm and wake at 8am every day?
I'm trying to figure out how to get Windows 7 to sleep at 8pm and wake at 8am on a daily basis. I'm looking at Windows' services and there is a Shutdown.exe that can run, but it only seems to have a ...
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How to monitor a folder and trigger a command-line action when a file is created or edited?
I need to set up some sort of a script on my Vista machine, so that whenever a file is added to a particular folder, it automatically triggers a background process that operates on the file. (The ...
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Where have the Scheduled Tasks gone to in Windows 7?
I cannot find Scheduled Tasks under control panel.
Where did they move it?
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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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Setting a shortcut to trigger task scheduler
I wanted to disable the UAC popup box when running the command prompt as admin, but this didn't work for me. What did work, was setting the task scheduler to run it as admin given a specific trigger. ...
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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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Running an Automator task at night
I've just created an Automator workflow and I'm using crontab to execute it at night.
The problem is that, after a while, the machine is going to sleep and a password is required (this is the intended ...
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Scheduled backup of certain directories in Windows 7
I'm using Windows 7 and I need to schedule a daily backup that does the following:
The schedule needs to run daily at 7pm
The backup needs to generate a compressed archive of selected backup ...
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HP laptop (Windows 7 x64) turns itself on @11:30am every day
My HP laptop wakes up from sleep every day at 11:30am by itself. No tasks scheduled for that time (either user or Windows tasks).
No AV scans or updates scheduled for that time. Auto-defrag & ...
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How can I write a cron job that will block my internet from 7pm to 7am? (So I can get some sleep)
I am using OSX 10.6 and it has cron built in. How can I write a cron job that will block my internet from 7pm to 7am every day?
Im sure this must be simple but I could only find one example online ...
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Schedule powershell script with admin priviliges
I want to schedule a powershell script to run on my windows 7 system everyday with admin priviliges.
How do I do so?
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Software to make scheduling easier
Overview
I have a set of duties I must schedule employees for. The duties recur weekly over a two-month period. There are a number of constraints that define a good schedule. (See below for ...
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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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WinXP Scheduled Task: Open a webpage in a browser
I am trying to create a scheduled task that opens up a webpage that has requires credentials for an http login dialog. I can get IE to load the page, but it will not remember my password for some ...
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How to stop scheduled chkdisk on windows 7?
I have a problem with windows 7 64-bit. I was trying out chkdsk command line options and scheduled a chddsk /r on next start. After that I disassembled the laptop on which I set the chkdsk. After I ...
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Skype calls at scheduled times to my mobile phone
I want to automate Skype to call my mobile phone at scheduled times.
Sometimes when I'm working with very complicated (business) clients, I would like an escape plan if the meeting goes over an ...
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How can I schedule a daily task with automator on os x 10.6? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
User friendly way to schedule jobs in Mac OS X
I have a script that I want to run once every day. I know I can do this with cron but it also seems there should be a way ...
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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. ...
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Choosing job scheduler on *nix [closed]
Want to ask for any opinions or advices which cron job can be preferred (*nix based).
Requirements:
execute bash script;
have web interface;
supports job's hierarchies;
Free.
I tried QUARTZ ...
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it opens “open with” prompt whenever scheduled task run
I am trying to run a .vbs file on every five minutes.
I am trying to do this using windows task scheduler.
In Actions tab -> New Action, I select the file ("D:\Documents\FC3 Savegames\FC3.vbs") ...
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Windows 7 Task Scheduler to start application in user session
When adding a new scheduled task, the application being launched will run in session 0, which means that the windows won't display. Is there any way to let Task Scheduler start the process in the user ...
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Trigger the opening of a second program when opening another
How does one go about adding a trigger to open another program when the first opens. Specifically, I would like to open PeerBlock whenever I run uTorrent, but I can see this being very useful for ...
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How to start a virtual machine via a scheduled task?
I want to "start" a virtual machine (it may be powered down or hibernating) via a scheduled task in Windows 7. I cannot figure the correct way to do this.
I tried scheduling the cmd task, which works ...
