Script wanted to run an .exe between specific times of the day

[AJWhite1970]

Hi. Firstly, I'm not a vbs coder so if this is blindingly simple then I apologize in advance

I'm looking to add to my students simple vbs login script so that I can run an .exe file but only if the time is between 08:00 and 15:40.

So basically if time >= 08:00 or time <=15:40 then run myfile.exe else end

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards
Andrew

[ricki]

HI

Can you not used scheduled tasks. You can do this in gpo.

Richard

[AJWhite1970]

I don't think so. When I looked I could either run a task on login or at a scheduled time but I couldn't see how to schedule it between two set times.

Andrew

[cromertech]

You can use a scheduled task for this if it is only for your students but it will probably need to be setup to run at log on and then repeated every hour until log off. If it's absolutely necessary to run it between those times you can create an item level target for a time frame. You can copy and paste the following into the Group Policy Preferences scheduled task dialog and edit as needed. Remember to edit the author section in red to your user before pasting.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<TaskV2 clsid="{D8896631-B747-47a7-84A6-C155337F3BC8}" name="Log on run myfile.exe between 08:00 and 15:40" image="1" changed="2013-03-14 11:19:00" uid="{CEB35AE5-92A0-4EFF-84B9-5E35C7DFBB4F}" userContext="1" removePolicy="1">
<Properties action="R" name="Log on run myfile.exe between 08:00 and 15:40" runAs="%LogonDomain%\%LogonUser%" logonType="InteractiveToken">
<Task version="1.2">
<RegistrationInfo>
<Author>{domain}\{user}</Author>
<Description>Run a file at logon during a certain time of day</Description>
</RegistrationInfo>
<Principals>
<Principal id="Author">
<UserId>%LogonDomain%\%LogonUser%</UserId>
<LogonType>InteractiveToken</LogonType>
<RunLevel>LeastPrivilege</RunLevel>
</Principal>
</Principals>
<Settings>
<IdleSettings>
<Duration>PT5M</Duration>
<WaitTimeout>PT1H</WaitTimeout>
<StopOnIdleEnd>false</StopOnIdleEnd>
<RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle>
</IdleSettings>
<MultipleInstancesPolicy>IgnoreNew</MultipleInstancesPolicy>
<DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>false</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>
<StopIfGoingOnBatteries>false</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>
<AllowHardTerminate>false</AllowHardTerminate>
<AllowStartOnDemand>false</AllowStartOnDemand>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
<Hidden>false</Hidden>
<ExecutionTimeLimit>PT0S</ExecutionTimeLimit>
<Priority>7</Priority>
</Settings>
<Triggers>
<LogonTrigger>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
<UserId>%LogonDomain%\%LogonUser%</UserId>
<Repetition>
<Interval>PT1H</Interval>
<Duration>P1D</Duration>
<StopAtDurationEnd>false</StopAtDurationEnd>
</Repetition>
</LogonTrigger>
            </Triggers><Actions><Exec><Command>myfile.exe</Command></Exec>
            </Actions></Task></Properties><Filters><FilterTime bool="AND" not="0" begin="08:00:00" end="15:40:00"/></Filters></TaskV2>

[LosOjos]

Something like this as a logon script should do it:

On Error Resume Next
DIM objShell
DIM startTime
DIM endTime
DIM curTime

' Set start time of the script.
startTime=FormatDateTime("08:00", 4)

' Set end time of the script.
endTime=FormatDateTime("15:40", 4)

'current time
curTime=FormatDateTime(Time, 4)

IF curTime>=startTime AND curTime<=endTime THEN
    SET objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")    
    
    ' Insert here your Application to run
    objShell.Run "%windir%\notepad.exe" 

    SET objShell=Nothing
END IF

EDIT: changed the code to simplify and remove a glaring logic error!

[AJWhite1970]

Thanks to everyone for their help, epically @LosOjos

I now have this working exactly how I need it
Andrew

[LosOjos]

Thanks to everyone for their help, epically @LosOjos

I now have this working exactly how I need it
Andrew

Happy to help