Automate any task or program in Windows OS
- 2nd Mar, 2020 | 2min read

What if you can automate some of your work on windows operating system. If you are new to it then, let me tell you it's possible

In this article we are going to learn

• What Task Scheduler is and
• Automate a basic code to run at a specified time automatically

What is Task Scheduler ?

It's a computer program used to create and manage common tasks that your computer will run automatically at the time you specify

Opening the Task Scheduler

Just use WINDOW + R to open a Run

• Now type taskschd.msc and press ENTER

OR you can directly search for Task Scheduler

Creating a task to automate

We are going to create a task that reminds a message at the specified time (like reminder)

So, first we create our message with batch scripting, in this case automate.bat

@echo off
echo "This is a reminder, you have to submit your task by tomorrow"
pause

Now lets automate our file (automate.bat) to open at any specified time as we like,

1. open your task scheduler
2. just click on Action on the very right upper corner and select Create Basic Task
3. Now just follow the steps as needed

4. Fill the details

   • Trigger - select One Time for this task just for now, press NEXT
     select the date and time to run the task and then press NEXT
   • Action - select Start a program press NEXT
     locate your file (in this case automate.bat) then press NEXT
   • Finish

Now just wait for the time as you specified and the CMD terminal pop-ups on the specified time with the reminder message

Thats it.

Conclusion

Now you can use it at advance level by

• Using any programming language and assign the code to Task Scheduler or
• Using advance Batch scripting, and assigning it to the Task Scheduler

It's a very useful tool, just explore other features for batter use

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