Weekday Login Apps for Win10

VBScript to run apps conditional on weekday. Intended for use with Windows 10 Task Scheduler.

Steps

• Customize weekdayLoginApps.vbs
  • Sections: weekdays, weekends and any day
  • Uncomment (') as necessary
  • Optional: WScript.Quit() reports final app status
• Copy weekdayLoginApps.vbs somewhere appropriate
  • E.g. cmd: copy weekdayLoginApps.vbs %LOCALAPPDATA%
• Open Task Scheduler and import scheduledTask.xml
• Customize
  • Triggers: Any (default) or specific user
  • Actions > Edit > Arguments: E.g. //nologo "%LOCALAPPDATA%\weekdayLoginApps.vbs"
• Verify
  • Run manually (right pane of Task Scheduler)
  • At login (reboot or log off/on)

Troubleshooting

VBScript can be confusing. If " fails try """, a quoted quote.

Run the script manually from cmd.exe. Look for specific line numbers in the output.

cscript.exe weekdayLoginApps.vbs

Reference

VBScript

WScript.Shell

WScript.Quit

Shell.Run

Weekday/vbMonday

Windows

Windows Environment Variables

Upcoming / Call for Contribution

• Batch script:
  • Copy VB script somewhere appropriate
  • Import scheduled task
  • Customization questions
  • Add VB script launch to Start Menu
• Further documentation
• T.B.D.!