dos command

[pmcgillan]

Hi,
I would like to send this dos command out to all of my workstations;

schtasks /create /sc weekly /D WED /TN "Weekly Reboot" /ST 21:00:00 /TR "Shutdown -r -f -t 30" /s %computername% /RU SYSTEM

This way I know every computer got it, but if someone has an easier method other than create and MSI and use a group policy to push it, I am all ears.

Thanks,
Patrick

[Ionut]

Hi Patrick,

You can use an "EXE with Working Dir" Custom Action that will execute this command when the MSI package is installed. This CA will have the following properties:
- Working Dir: (Any)
- Full Path:

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schtasks /create /sc weekly /D WED /TN "Weekly Reboot" /ST 21:00:00 /TR "Shutdown -r -f -t 30" /s [%computername] /RU "System"

- Execution Properties: "Synchronous execution, ignore return code"

Notice how environment variables are specified for the Windows Installer Formatted data type.

However, it is not clear to me what do you mean by "to all of my workstations". If I understand well, why would you want to schedule a task on all computers when the package is installed on one of them?

Regards,
Ionut