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I'd like to open a website at regular intervals per day, i.e., the browser should open and automatically navigate towards a pre-set URL.

I looked at options like scheduling to open browser, but I can't figure out how to open it with a default URL. (No I do not want to make this my start page)

Any help is appreciated

3 Answers3

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  1. Use Task Scheduler

  2. Make it launch something like iexplore.exe "http://www.microsoft.com/windows" (replace with your browser's executable, such as firefox.exe etc.)

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Karan
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You can make a batch script that starts the browser with the desired URL (for example "c:\program files\internet exploder\iexplore.exe 'http://www.yahoo.com'" would be valid for internet explorer to open and automatically navigate to www.yahoo.com).
You can then schedule that batch file to be run when you want it to.

Raziel Alphadios
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While, basically, launching Internet Explorer (or other browser executable) is OK, a better solution would be launching the default browser associated with handling URLs.

So you can create the following scheduler action:

Action: Start a program
Program: cmd.exe
Add arguments: /c start http://example.com
jackhab
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