Thanks Paul!
I did google "Cron windows" and found a couple. After downloading,
installing, and then uninistalling three of them, I decided to start
looking for a native (probably VB) Windows utility. So far, after
downloading and installing two of those, still no luck.
The apps I need to run are Windows.EXE files that ARE stored on a Linux
SMB box, but I have to have a Windoze kernel to run them on. I've tried
a Win2k box that I use for exactly this reason for several other tasks,
but the programs author is claiming that their stuff is not Win2k
friendly. (Of course, he also balked at Win7...seems to be really
focused on WinXP)
Mike
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Recommendations...
From: Paul McNett <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: 11/29/2012 3:12 PM
On 11/29/12 1:04 PM, Mike Copeland wrote:
I need a Task Scheduler that runs on Windows 7.
Specific feature needed (that I can't figure out how to get the native Win 7
Task
Scheduler to do) is to run a program every 5 minutes between the hours of 8am
and 5pm
on Weekdays and Saturday.
Any recommendation? Freeware would be appreciated, but I can spend up to $100
on this
problem.
Thanks for any pointers!
I miss the old AT command. I have no idea what MS was thinking when they made
the
atrocious Task Scheduler. The wizardization of everything is baffling. Makes
smart
people like us look totally stupid when we can't figure out how to work them.
I love cron on *nix. It just works and the syntax in the plain text files is
simple
once you get to know it.
I'd search for 'cron on windows' and see what turns up.
Alternatively, if feasible for your problem, I recommend running tasks on the
server
instead of individual workstations. For instance, I worked around a Samba
networking
problem with Win7 clients by writing a 3-line Python script on the server and
setting
it to run every minute to send one ping to all Windows 7 clients on the network.
Paul
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