In the first 3 parts of this series, we learned how to use Windows built-in task scheduler to automate tasks like disk defragmentation on your PC. If you haven’t read those articles on how to use task scheduling yet, click below to check them out.
Use Task Scheduler To Clean Your PC: Part 1
Use Task Scheduler To Clean Your PC: Part 2
Use Task Scheduler to Clean Your PC: Part 3
Now, as I promised at the beginning of the tutorial, here are the paths and arguments to run some useful and cool tasks.
Shutdown and restart the computer:
Path: %windir%\system32\shutdown.exe
Arguments:
To shutdown: -s –t 00 / To restart: -r –t 00
Run CCleaner
Path: “C:\Program Files (x86)\CCleaner\CCleaner.exe” – Don’t forget the inverted commas! “
Arguments: /auto
Backup Documents folder (Works for any folder)
Path: xcopy
Arguments: /e /y “C:\Users\Admin\Documents” C:\BackupFolder – Inside the inverted commas is the location of the folder whose content you want to back up, outside is the destination of backed up files.
Open a custom session in Chrome or Firefox
Path: “C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe” – In case of Firefox, replace for the firefox.exe path.
Arguments: the pages you want to open automatically e.g. worldstart.com
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and hey! If you have another good use for the task scheduler, share it with the user community, let’s simplify everything!
~~ Hernan Escalante
OK! Herman, Good series.
Does System Mechanic do this automatically?
Well, software like system mechanic or tune up can perform several tasks to keep up the system performance, but they are not free and they can’t schedule tasks that are not related to computer maintenance. The main objective of the series was showing the users a free way provided by the OS to make their daily activities easier. I even use it to execute sql queries on express versions. Thanks for your comment!