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Hello again guys, I have question, could someone help me with a code that start a program at a specified time ?

Let me give you an example at what I want

I have the program "myprogram.exe" I whant this program to start at 12:00, 15:00, 17:00, 19:00 is it possible to make a program which verifies the time from my pc and start the program at a time that I specified into the program ? Thanks in advance.

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Windows / DOS comes with a simple command to let you do what you want: AT

AT 12:00 "command to execute"

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Windows / DOS comes with a simple command to let you do what you want: AT

AT 12:00 "command to execute"

 

So you suggest that I should creat a *.bat file with the command this command ? In the *.bat file I could give multiple command like

At 12:00 "command to execute"
At 15:00 "command to execute"

 

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Or use the "Run" function to execute this DOS commands.

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Ok, I have tested this command

at 09:38 start myprogram.exe

But no result, I just get the message "added a new job with job ID = 1" and when the time comes nothing happens, why ?

When I just write the command "start myprogram.exe" it works fine.

PS: I have run cmd with administrators rights.

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I don't think "start" is needed. And I think you need to add the full path to your program.

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I try to add the path to my program but still the same thing, nothing happens.

at 10:08 C:\Program Files (x86)\program\myprogram.exe

 

I still get the message "Added a neat job with job ID = 1"

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ehmm... sorry to interrupt the party, but do you need to automate the scheduling of your program, or just schedule your program on your pc?

if it's just your pc, then what's wrong with Windows Scheduled Task feature?

if you need to deploy your scheduled program to multiple machines, then you're on the right track: just double-quote the path, and you should be ok. another option would be to create a scheduled task, and copy the .job file to the target pc along with your exe.

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ehmm... sorry to interrupt the party, but do you need to automate the scheduling of your program, or just schedule your program on your pc?

if it's just your pc, then what's wrong with Windows Scheduled Task feature?

 

I want to schedule my program on my pc, I don't want to use the schelduled task because if I copy my program on another pc I have to activate the scheduled task.

All I need is a program that verify the time on my pc, and when the time is 12:00, 13:00, 15:00 etc, to start my program.

The program verify the clock hourly and when its 12:00 start my program, when its 13:00 start my program and so on.I need this kinda of program to have mobility to move the program wherever I want.

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Or this one:

#include <Date.au3>
While 1
    $sTime = _NowTime(4)
    If $sTime = "12:00" Or $sTime = "15:00" Or $sTime = "17:00" Or $sTime = "19:00" Then
        MsgBox(0, "", $sTime)
    EndIf
    Sleep(1000 * 60) ; wait a minute
WEnd

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So I have add a line befor then, please tell me if its correct. :D

#include <Date.au3>
While 1
    $sTime = _NowTime(4)
    If $sTime = "12:00" Or $sTime = "15:00" Or $sTime = "17:00" Or $sTime = "19:00" Then
    ShellExecute('D:\program\myprogram.exe')
        MsgBox(0, "", $sTime)
    EndIf
    Sleep(1000 * 60) ; wait a minute
WEnd
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Before releasing the script remove the "MsgBox" line - it's only for debugging reasons ;)

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#include <Date.au3>
While 1
    $sTime = _NowTime(4)
    If $sTime = "12:00" Or $sTime = "15:00" Or $sTime = "17:00" Or $sTime = "19:00" Then
    ShellExecute('D:\program\myprogram.exe')
    EndIf
    Sleep(1000 * 60) ; wait a minute
WEnd
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Yep.

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