Schedule a task on Windows

If you are looking to Schedule a task on Windows or automate a task on Windows then you have indeed come to the right place. Read on...
We tried this on Windows XP with SP2:

Click on Start button
Click on All Programs
Click on Accessories
Click on System Tools
Click on Scheduled Tasks
Click on File
Click on New
Click on Scheduled Task
Name it what you want to.
Double click on it.
Click on Browse and select the program yo would like to run; in our case it was the batch file that we created here to copy a file from Linux to Windows.
Click on the Schedule tab and schedule task as per your needs.
I used Daily. Set the start time as per your requirement.
This will automatically carry out the task for you at the predefined time. This way I am able to automatically get the file copied from Ubuntu 9.04 to Windows. Only make sure the WIN XP is on at the predefined time.
If you might be interested in learning how to copy a file from Windows to Linux, read about it here.


I found this solution in a bid to Backup SquirrelMail on Ubuntu 9.04. If you want to learn how to automate a task on Linux, check it out here.

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