TSCMD121 FAQ: How do I make a simple reminder to pop up on the desktop? Assorted NT/2000/XP/.. CMD.EXE script tricks written by Timo Salmi

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121} How do I make a simple reminder to pop up on the desktop?

Below is a simplified version. Only one rendition can be running at a time. A somewhat more comprehensive version, with multiple calls allowed, is included in the tscmd.zip FAQ collection as WAKEUP.CMD

@echo off & setlocal enableextensions
::
echo First customize the two instances of C:\_M\TEMP\wakeup.vbs
echo And remove the first two echo lines and the first goto :EOF
goto :EOF
::
:: Usage
if [%1]==[] (
echo.
echo Usage: %~f0 [HH:MM]
echo No error checking
goto :EOF)
::
:: Build a Visual Basic Script
set skip=
set vbs_=C:\_M\TEMP\wakeup.vbs
findstr "'%skip%VBS" "%~f0" > "%vbs_%"
::
:: Run the Visual Basic Script
at %1 /interactive "%vbs_%"
at
endlocal & goto :EOF
'
'.............................................
'The Visual Basic Script
'
Dim WshShell, fso 'VBS
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") 'VBS
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") 'VBS
WshShell.Run "sndrec32 /play /close C:\WINDOWS\Media\tada.wav", 2, false 'VBS
WScript.Echo "Time to wake up" 'VBS
fso.DeleteFile("C:\_M\TEMP\wakeup.vbs") 'VBS

An example of the immediate output. For more on the "at" usage apply AT /?

The actual output on the desktop looks like this

Should you wish to cancel the above job before it is executed apply

AT 1 /delete

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