&ECHO.&ECHO.&ECHO Time to go read How-To Geek. The magic here is in the arguments box (after the aforementioned ‘/C’ switch) which reads (note – while this displayed on several lines below, all of this text is a single contiguous line in the arguments box): TITLE Read How-To Geek Reminder&ECHO.&ECHO.&ECHO It is currently %TIME% The program to run is CMD.exe which is the Windows command line console shell with the first argument being ‘/C’ which will run the subsequent text in the shell and then terminate the console window. The task should be set to ‘Run only when user is logged on’ with the ‘Hidden’ option unchecked. While this trick is an alternate method, we still use Windows Task Scheduler. Our alternate method supports this in addition to allowing a timer which will dismiss the box after a predefined amount of time. Essentially, it will stay until you press the OK button. Task Scheduler generated pop-up dialogs require interaction to dismiss.So, for example, if you are typing an email when the pop-up is scheduled to to appear, the box will appear on top of your email with key presses still being sent to your editor. Our alternate method opens a window on top of your current windows, but does not steal the focus.
While your work will not be interrupted in the slightest, this creates a problem if you are depending on the notice to grab your attention. Task Scheduler-generated pop-up dialogs, for the most part, appear under any open windows (with an entry made in the taskbar).While we have previous discussed how you can use Task Scheduler natively to create pop-up reminders, there are a few behavior quirks/limitations we aim to address with this alternate method.
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