“RUNNY” – WINDOWS APP SCHEDULE AUTOMATION TOOL
- Basically, this is an alternative to Windows Task Scheduler This is a very simple, light weight, straightforward, alternative to Windows Task Scheduler.
- I use it for automating things on the fly and quickly
Who is this for?
- This is the perfect tool for a Windows system administrator, a game server owner, or a tinkerer of any kind.
Why use this over Window task scheduler?
- This application always runs at the Administrator level.
- This tool works around complexities and UI from Microsoft Task Scheduler.
Compatible:
- Tested on Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10
- May work on other versions, but must make sure .Net 4.5 is installed.
Features:
- NOTE: No need to restart this application once it is running.
- Updates to scheduler.xml are processed instantly.
– Run any command/batch script, program, program shortcut, or executable
– No app “updater” callbacks to a server to for app version updates
– App runs as an application, not a service
– Small memory footprint (around 26 KB)
– App runs as system administrator
– Easily configure app easily with XML config file
– Config file updates are picked up without restarting the application
– Per XML job, set:
– start date – start a command at a future date (Month/Day/Year): 01/01/2015
– end date – run command to expiration date (Month/Day/Year): 01/01/2012
– time – format: hour:minute:second (example midnight/12am: 00:00:00)
– day – 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 (aka: Sun,Mon,Tues,Wed,Thurs,Fri,Sat)
– loop – 1 = on, 0 = off, default = 1
– command – command to run, example: start “” “c:\test.cmd”
– commandparams – for if separating out command parameters
– comment – job description
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