> -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com] On > Behalf Of cygwin.20.maillingl...@spamgourmet.com > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 2:14 AM > To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" > Subject: starting excel from crontab > > Hi folks, > > I have the problem that I like to start Excel at the end of the workday > from crontab. > > Cron is running under a local system account. > > The problem is that excel is started but does not popup. When I change > the check box "Exchange Data with Desktop" I got always the error "*** > fatal error - could not load user32, Win32 error 1114" for all > cronjobs. > > How can I fix the problem.
You know, you ARE running on MS Windows. It does actually provide some features that are occasionally useful. If you want to run a Windows application on a schedule, just use "Start"->"All Programs"->"Accessories"->"System Tools"->"Scheduled Tasks". I don't know that it's scheduling capabilities are quite as full as cron, but it likely will do what you need.
