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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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Windows 7 Task Scheduler doesn't list my custom task(s)
I created a custom task from another application (Peachtree), but it never showed up in the Active Tasks list. So, I created it manually from within the Task Scheduler, but the task still hasn't ...
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Move scheduled tasks to a new folder?
In the windows task management I created a new folder, lets call it "mytasks".
I expected to be able to organize new tasks into it by using drag&drop from existing tasks, but somehow that's not ...
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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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Windows Task Scheduler: Schedule task to run once every 10 seconds
In my windows, I want to schedule a windows service to start once every 10 seconds. I tried using the windows task scheduler but it only gives me an option to repeat the service daily, weekly and ...
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Starting scheduled task by detecting connection of USB device
I know it has been discussed that it is not possible to start an application from an usb drive upon connection due to limitations of autorun (or autoplay??) in Win 7. But it is possible to create a ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 - How to copy a scheduled task
I would like to create a new scheduled task that is extremely similar to an existing task. It would be a pain to write down or type out all the settings.
Is there a way to copy an existing task to ...
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How to pass an argument to a Windows Scheduled Task with spaces in it
I need to set up a Windows Scheduled Task. It accepts 1 parameter/argument which is a path and can contain spaces. My Scheduled task does not work - it "breaks" the parameter up at the first space.
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How can I copy a scheduled task from a dead Windows to new Windows
My old computer died (hardware fault) and I had to reinstall everything on a new machine. All harddisks are intact and the old system disk is available as F: in my new machine.
In the old system I ...
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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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Accessing Environment Variables in a Scheduled Task
When setting up a scheduled task, for the action section I'm trying to access an environment variable for the location of the executable that I wish to run. This is mainly because on one machine the ...
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Windows equivalent to cron?
What's the Windows equivalent to cron, or for those of you unfamiliar with Unix, how does one schedule a program to run at regular intervals?
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What Does "Local Computer Resources" Comprise in Task Scheduler?
In the Windows Task Scheduler, the interface allows me to use a specific user to run the task (General > Security options). Under the Run whether user is logged on or not option, the interface has ...
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Schedule a job from the Windows command line?
On Linux there is cron job and at job. Is there a way to schedule a job from the command line on Windows?
The Task Scheduler GUI is not what I am after. I must modify a script to schedule an event ...
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How to schedule a windows task to repeat every day within a time range?
In Windows 7, how to schedule a task which repeats every hour, every day but within a time range. I have a script which needs to run everyday from 08:00 to 20:00 in 1 hour interval.Could not find any ...
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