Windows Task Scheduler

xbury.cs at clearstream.com xbury.cs at clearstream.com
Wed Aug 6 07:20:00 EDT 2003


Dave,

Use the "start" command to run a batch without an "interactive" window.

In the old AT command this was a /i to add "interactivity" but it's 
deprecated. 

Using the start command has quite a few more advantages. 
Type "Start /?" in a cmd.exe to see the options...

cheers
Xavier

On 06/08/2003 12:44:13 metacard-admin wrote:
>Hi
>
>Slightly off topic.
>
>I've been experimenting with the Windows task scheduler (on XP and
>2000). I've been using it to periodically run mt scripts with the
>Windows cgi engine (cmc.exe).
>
>It's working fine so far, but one minor annoyance is that the Windows
>console window (or whatever it's called) will briefly appear every
>time the script is run. (cmc.exe is a console app)
>
>Does anyone know how to configure the Task Scheduler to not show the
>console window?
>
>Cheers
>Dave
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