Hi All

Anyone know of a really nice Event (Task) Scheduler for Win Apps?

Must be XP compatible.

I don't just want to schedule X prog to start at Y time.

What I really want to do is line up events such that when X finishes, Y starts, and when Y finishes, Z starts. Then, once all events are finished, the scheduler shutsdown the machine cleanly.

Many thanks for any suggestions. :)

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Hello DogTags,

Batch files still work in XP , such as open 4 notepads , each after the previous has closed :

:: The Batch File

echo on
START /max /wait NOTEPAD.EXE
START /max /wait NOTEPAD.EXE
START /max /wait NOTEPAD.EXE
START /max /wait NOTEPAD.EXE
:: Bob was here !
d:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe -l

REM Usage: shutdown [-i | -l | -s | -r | -a] [-f] [-m \\computername] [-t xx] [-c "comment"] [-d up:xx:yy]

REM No args Display this message (same as -?)
REM -i Display GUI interface, must be the first option
REM -l Log off (cannot be used with -m option)
REM -s Shutdown the computer
REM -r Shutdown and restart the computer
REM -a Abort a system shutdown
REM -m \\computername Remote computer to shutdown/restart/abort
REM -t xx Set timeout for shutdown to xx seconds
REM -c "comment" Shutdown comment (maximum of 127 characters)
REM -f Forces running applications to close without warning
REM -d \[u\][p]:xx:yy The reason code for the shutdown -- remove the 2 \ for u as this turns on underline here.
REM u is the user code
REM p is a planned shutdown code
REM xx is the major reason code (positive integer less than 256)
REM yy is the minor reason code (positive integer less than 65536)


Save this as name.bat and have the NT AT command or the task scheduler start the batch file task.

DOS batch files are still useful and are free !

Search google for batch file commands.

Hope this helps. cornball

Thanks, cornball. I'll dig into what you've suggested. Looks very interesting.

I appreciate your help

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