What you need to run and disable programs on the schedule

If suddenly the user PC needed to run and disable some program on schedule, help can come built-in in Windows "task Scheduler". You can easily schedule the display of any message, sending email, run any program. You need to disable and run programs on a schedule, you can read below.

Features of "Scheduler"

To start "task Scheduler", click on the "start" button located in the bottom left of the desktop. Then in the search bar enter the word "planner" and hit the "Enter" button (In English version of Windows instead of the word command was entered tasksch.msc). You can open a program in another way – by pressing on "start" then "control Panel" (advanced view), then "administrative tools" – "Scheduler".

Now look on the right side of the program window menu "Actions". To choose in the list you can choose several ways to create tasks. The most common are the "new task" and "Create basic task". After that, the window create the task, enter a description and the name of the new task. There is also the option to activate the "Run with highest privileges", unless of course to start you need administrator rights.

Switching to the tab "Triggers", click "Create" and assign a date, frequency, and duration of the task. To establish the date of completing the task, activate the nearby function, "Duration", indicating the time and date.

Clicking on the "Actions" tab to create a task, click "Create". In order to have the program run on the selected schedule, in the drop-down list "Action" select "Launch program". Next, click on the "Browse" button and specify the path to the executable file. With files on it.

Scheduled sending mail

For scheduled sending of email in the drop-down list "Action" select "Send email". Complete the standard fields: address and email name, the name and address of the recipient, the message subject, the message text. Click Browse to specify the location of the file is sent, if necessary. In the "smtp Server", insert the smtp server of your email and then click on the "OK" button.

Display scheduled posts

To display a scheduled schedule message, in the list "Action" select "the message". Required fields "Message" and "Title". Here the user just stops the fantasy. It can be a reminder to feed the cat, turn off the stove, visit any site on the Internet. It is possible to set the conditions for executing the task, to do this, click the "Terms". Additional settings can be adjusted on the Settings tab.

To finally create a task, it is necessary to complete all steps and click "OK". The generated job can be modified to do this, select the task in the list in the right menu click "Properties". Press the "OK" button the changes are stored.

Deletion of tasks and startup scheduler

To delete a scheduled job we need to open "task Scheduler" from the list to highlight the desired task in the right menu click "Remove". To run Windows scheduler also runs in the "control Panel" select "administrative tools", then "Services". In the list to open the "task Scheduler", double click on it, on the General tab set the startup type to "Auto" to apply the changes click "OK".