How to launch gui app from cron

2004-05-28 Thread Jacek Trzmiel
Hi all, Win2kSP4, cygwin1-20040527.dll snapshot I've added something like this via crontab -e: 0 11 * * * C:/WINNT/system32/dllcache/iexplore.exe That does start iexplore.exe (I can find process in Task Manager), however it does not show its window on desktop. How can I start win app from

Re: How to launch gui app from cron

2004-05-28 Thread Tomasz Rojek
How can I start win app from cron, so that gui is visible? I would register cron as a service with option -i, or --interactive (Allow service to interact with the desktop). HTH -- Greetings Tomasz Rojek -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports:

Re: How to launch gui app from cron

2004-05-28 Thread Jacek Trzmiel
Tomasz Rojek wrote: How can I start win app from cron, so that gui is visible? I would register cron as a service with option -i, or --interactive (Allow service to interact with the desktop). HTH Thanks, it does work. Gui app launched from cron does show on desktop after: $ cygrunsrv