Help Needed with Coding for Scheduled Task

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  1. iamanoob

    iamanoob MDL Senior Member

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    #1 iamanoob, Mar 13, 2010
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  2. MasterDisaster

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    #2 MasterDisaster, Mar 13, 2010
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    Which language are you using?
    In .NET it would be
    Code:
    ProcessStartInfo psi = new ProcessStartInfo("cscript");
psi.Arguments = "\"%PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Office\Office14\ospp.vbs\" /act";
Process.Start(psi);
     
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    iamanoob MDL Senior Member

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    #3 iamanoob, Mar 13, 2010
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    i appreciate your help :)

    im not even sure what language this is called .. would you like to try?
    - Start > Run > taskschd.msc
    - That brings up Task Scheduler
    - schedule a task to run; the action is run Command Prompt = i can get this to work..

    the problem i am having is: getting Command Prompt to run with an argument
     
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    #5 iamanoob, Mar 14, 2010 (OP)
    that's what i thought too but the Arguments don't work .. Command Prompt launches with no commands .. can you try on your computer to see if it's just my computer ?
     
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    #6 MasterDisaster, Mar 14, 2010
    I didn't get you. Creating a task to run cscript with "%PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Office\Office14\ospp.vbs" /act" as argument works fine.
     
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    #8 idmanager, Mar 14, 2010
    you are running cmd.exe and should be cscript.exe then in the argument box type "%PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Office\Office14\ospp.vbs" /act"
    also dont forget to kill the keygen.exe after