I need to open one web page periodically, using Task Scheduler.
On Linux I can run crontab job to do that, but this time I have to do on Windows XP.
Can you help me how is it possible to achieve it?
Thank you in advance!
If you want to call a URL using Windows Task Scheduler, you can check this answer. However, there are other options like scheduling tool ATrigger.
Disclaimer: I was among builders of ATrigger. freeware, not commercial.
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I want to automate a job in my windows server,Can any one please share some idea or initiation for this scenario?
I like to connect from my windows server to another windows server and download the oracle database table in .csv format and place in my system folder.And this job should run every day.
Basically, i'm into UNIX platform but i want to do this in WINDOWS platform, Thank you for your support!!
You need to create a small application to do that, you can use ASP.NET to build the application, or PHP, but the latter will require more effort to setup the environment. After the application built, you will have to create windows task scheduler to execute the application at a specified time.
I am very new to scripting and i am not sure which script will be helping me out.
I need to download a file from a website and also it should happen as recurring download every morning.
could someone kindly suggest me a script?
Thanks in advance
You should use either curl or wget, one or both of them are part of many Linux distributions, there are also Windows and OSX versions available.
To make the script run on a regular basis you will need to use the cron scheduler on Linux/UNIX/OSX, WIndows has its own Task Scheduler
I have a CSV that my computer downloads every 15 minutes automatically. I then want to automatically upload this CSV to my Google Docs account using their API.
I figure I can write a simple VBScript that pulls the CSV file from it's location and POSTs to the Google Docs API but my question is how do I set the script to run every 15 minutes in the Windows 7 environment.
Thanks for your help!
Simple: the Windows task scheduler. Link
EDIT: Eh, probably a poor link. This is more specific. You can also do it from the command line with the at command.
The problem with the script that it has poor monitor service. If you will write a windows service it can be resumed and logged automatically.
I have cruise control with Nant running on windows 7 machine .Builds work just fine. But I have a task for which i need to start a batch process which opens up an application window (directX based application) and perform some tasks. But this nant task fails all the time , the very first call for device getdevicecaps fails .this thing works on XP. Please help!
And yes if it helps, I am unable to add any publisher tasks to the cruise control server configuration .
This was not the answer you were looking for.
That's because Windows 7, Vista, and the 2008+ flavors basically shut down the ability to open an interactive window from a service completely. Why? Because opening up a UI and presenting it is a huge security risk -- someone with a lower amount of credentials could in many scenarios do tasks they weren't otherwise allowed to do.
AFAIK, the only way you can get around this is to rewrite the task.
Like crontab in linux,is there a solution?
I mean,it's run at a specific time,for instance,12 o'click every day.
So it's not services.msc
You'd want to check the Windows Scheduler, Control Panel -> Scheduled Tasks.
Autoruns is a useful program that shows all sorts of stuff that runs on a windows box.
It's called the Task Scheduler.
The answer involves a few different tools in windows:
To view the current running applications and processes you can use Task Manager or better yet the sysinternals suite of tools - in particular Process Monitor - that can be downloaded from microsoft, which provide even more info of the running processes. To get to task manager you can just do a CTRL+ALT+DELETE or right click on the windows toolbar and select Task Manager.
For something like crontab, there is Task Scheduler that you can use to schedule the running of scripts, applications, etc.
In windows you can also have applications running as services - similar to daemons. Under the administrative Tools in Contorl Panel you will see Services. If you double click it you will get a dialog that shows you all the services currently running. You can also create your own programs that run as services.
its called the task scheduler, also, you can use the at command to set scheduling of task programmatically. See here for syntax
For scheduled execution of applications or jobs, you can use the task scheduler
You can also use windows services in order to schedule long running jobs or see what services are running.
On XP, you can go to start->run and run 'services.msc' to see this list.
Up through 2K: at.exe
On XP and beyond: schtasks.exe
Run Windows Task Manager;
right click the Task Bar
or key Ctrl+Alt+Delete
to launch Task Manager.
You can also run tasklist from
the command line. Type
tasklist /?
for usage.