Use windows to schedule something for every hour or so

[Achilles]

I know I've seen this somewhere but I'm not sure where and can't find it in my brief search.

Basically I want this script to run every hour or so and check for something. I know I could do this in a script but I would rather just have the process run every hour and then exit instead of constantly running.

Achilles

[smashly]

Hi

You can use AT commands from cmdline to schedule/remove tasks in windows

Some basic info Here

Cheers

[Achilles]

I got this:

Run("at 22:08 run C:\asdf.exe")

Which isn't working. I looked at the CMD at is says that it is scheduled to "run C:\asdf.exe" but it gets an error and assigns it to the next day.

I only want this to be assigned once, and I'm not sure why it's assigning it to the next day. I'm also not sure why it doesn't work. asdf.exe, which is in the right directory is simply a compiled autoit script that shows a message box.

Edited March 19, 2008 by Achilles

[smashly]

To set it to fire on an hour just one day or multiple days...

More info Here

Cheers

examples:

this would run on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays @ 10:05pm

Run('at 22:05 /every:M,W,F "c:\adsf.exe"')

Task Scheduler service needs to be running to add tasks via the AT commands..

Edited March 19, 2008 by smashly

[Achilles]

Ok, so to get the basics down I tried using the wizard for adding tasks. But it's giving me this error message:

The new task has been created, but may not run because the account information could not be set.

The specific error is:

0x80070005: Access is denied.

Try using the Task page Browse button to locate the application.

This might explain why none of my scheduled tasks are being run... For example, I tried manually adding this from the CMD:

at 22:23 C:\windows\notpad.exe

But it didn't do anything. Is that formatted right? Edited March 19, 2008 by Achilles

[smashly]

Look up at my edited post .. Task Scheduler service needs to be running.. is it?

[Achilles]

Look up at my edited post .. Task Scheduler service needs to be running.. is it?

Yes, it's running.

Ok, I'm getting some results now... rather odd ones though.

I set a task for 22:30 to run asdf.exe (which is Msgbox(0, '', '') compiled to an exe)... At 22:30 the sound of a message box was made but no message box showed up. Any ideas why?

[FreeFry]

You need the /interactive parameter in the at command, otherwise, it wont be 'interactive'.

[smashly]

Try

Run('at 14:06:00 /interactive /every:W notepad.exe')

set the time/day/app to suit yourself of coarse.

Cheers