Launch a windows application from crontab

[Andrey Repin]

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.


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WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@yandex.ru) 08.02.2014, <23:13>

Sorry for my terrible english...


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