The answer - stop respecting authority (in the shape of the options provided) and get assertive. If you want to run the program every 1 minute, type in "1 minute" into the selection box.
And it works! at least for me (Windows 7 Pro 64-bit).
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NB - to make the BAT file run invisibly without having to install Visual Basic:
Save the following line as invisible.vbs (use Notepad Save As... All Files)
CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run """" & WScript.Arguments(0) & """", 0, False
Confirm you haveScripting
installed (By typing wscript in the Start Run dialog)
Use the following as the script to call from Task Scheduler (Replace the "MySubFolder" with your file paths)
CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run """" & WScript.Arguments(0) & """", 0, False
Confirm you have
Use the following as the script to call from Task Scheduler (Replace the "MySubFolder" with your file paths)
wscript "C:\MySubfolder\invisible.vbs" "C:\MySubfolder\MyBatchFile.bat"
Thanks to kimsland at http://forums.techguy.org
2 comments:
Thanks John, good post ;)
Was looking for the exact information and thought I would have to edit the registry ;-)
"stop respecting authority" - I like that liberating approach a lot - god job, thanks :-)
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