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Re: Launch a windows application from crontab


Andrey Repin wrote
> Greetings, carl!
> 
>> Hi,
>> im working with windows 7 and have the same problem if i want to run a
>> windows application from cron.
>>  the problem for me: if i active "Allow service to interact with desktop"
>> i
>> had to switch to local user and then the cron service doesn't work
>> anymore.
> 
>> is there a solution for this problem menawhile?
> 
> No. Windows Vista and up use a separate desktop (session 0) to run
> services.
> Users simply not see the launched application, unless a big amount of
> Voodoo
> is applied.
> Simple answer is - don't do that.
> 
> 
> --
> WBR,
> Andrey Repin (

> anrdaemon@

> ) 08.02.2014, <23:13>
> 
> Sorry for my terrible english...

Hi Andrey,

thank you for your answer!

I feared it :(
What possibilities remain to me with a win7 system? The background for my
problem is a windows application that sometimes crashes silently (it is
still open but doesn't do what it should) and had to be restarted.
A big amount of Voodoo sounds interesting ;-) but perhabs I should simply
use windows scheduled tasks?



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