Oct 3, 2003 #1 sickpuppy Technical User Feb 22, 2001 40 GB I am trying to schedule a task to run Ie6 and open a specific url. It keeps failing without opening a browser - has anyone attempted this?
I am trying to schedule a task to run Ie6 and open a specific url. It keeps failing without opening a browser - has anyone attempted this?
Oct 3, 2003 #2 jrbarnett Programmer Jul 20, 2001 9,645 GB Hi, Try the start command in your job. eg START http://www.tek-tips.com/ John Upvote 0 Downvote
Oct 3, 2003 #3 gpalmer711 IS-IT--Management May 11, 2001 2,445 GB If that does not work the following has just worked for me Open notepad and type: start iexplore.exe http://www.tek-tips.com save the file as (filename).bat Set a task to run the bat file. Greg Palmer ---------------------------------------- Any feed back is appreciated. Upvote 0 Downvote
If that does not work the following has just worked for me Open notepad and type: start iexplore.exe http://www.tek-tips.com save the file as (filename).bat Set a task to run the bat file. Greg Palmer ---------------------------------------- Any feed back is appreciated.
Oct 3, 2003 Thread starter #4 sickpuppy Technical User Feb 22, 2001 40 GB cheers, thats sorted it Upvote 0 Downvote
Oct 3, 2003 Thread starter #5 sickpuppy Technical User Feb 22, 2001 40 GB in the actual scheduler you can set run to: "c:\prog files\ie.exe" http://www.tek-tips.com Works perfectly Upvote 0 Downvote
in the actual scheduler you can set run to: "c:\prog files\ie.exe" http://www.tek-tips.com Works perfectly