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Resolved: Windows Server 2008 R2 – How to copy a scheduled task #fix #programming #solution

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 create a new one?

Answer [by Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007]: Windows Server 2008 R2 – How to copy a scheduled task

Once you have a task created you can right-click it…

Solution: How can I open a URL on a schedule in the default browser? #dev #solution #answer

How can I open a URL on a schedule in the default browser?

I’m looking for a mechanism to open a single URL in the user’s current default browser on a schedule/recurring basis.

I know that if I was writing .Net code to do this, I could simply do something along the lines of Process.Start("http://example.com/somePage.html")which will cause the default browser to open to that address. Likewise, I…

Solution: Trigger Task Scheduler in Windows 7 when computer wakes up from sleep/hibernate #development #answer #it

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 app.

Answer [by Joey]: Trigger Task Scheduler in Windows 7 when computer wakes up from sleep/hibernate

You can tick the…

Answer: Windows 7 Task Scheduler doesn't list my custom task(s) #solution #dev #answer

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 appeared.

I’m afraid I now have two tasks that do the same thing, but I can’t change them in any way. What can I do?

Answer [by hasc]: Windows 7…

Fixed: User friendly way to schedule jobs in Mac OS X #it #dev #computers

User friendly way to schedule jobs in Mac OS X

Is there any easy way to schedule repeated jobs in Mac OS X? I know I could use cron, but I’m looking for a more user friendly way to do it, a GUI for schedules, something like this.

Answer [by hanleyp]: User friendly way to schedule jobs in Mac OS X

Well, there’s CronniX, Maintidget, Macaroni and MacJanitor.

Have you tried using one of the…

Resolved: How to pass an argument to a Windows Scheduled Task with spaces in it #programming #computers #dev

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.

If I run it in the Command Prompt I can just wrap the argument in ” ” and it works fine, however, this does not work in the…

Fixed: Best way to run scheduled tasks #computers #answer #solution

Best way to run scheduled tasks

Today we have built a console application for running the scheduled tasks for our ASP.NET website. But I think this approach is a bit error prone and difficult to maintain. How do you execute your scheduled task (in an windows/IIS/ASP.NET environment)

Update:

Examples of tasks:

Sending email from an email-queue in the database

Removing outdated objects from the…