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[rubah]

^--what a nerd.

[o_O]

Shut up, you.

Anyway Discord, save this code to a file with the extension ".js". Then drop it in your \WINDOWS\Startup folder and it should execute on startup. Remember to change the URL to whatever page you need opened. If you want to verify that it works before restarting or whatever, you can execute it by double-clicking it.

var wshell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell");
wshell.Run("iexplore.exe http://forums.eyesonff.com", 6);

EDIT: Just to clarify, I minimised it not by passing a command-line parameter to iexplore.exe, but by specifiying to the Wscript.Shell object that whatever command is executed, do it minimised and without focus. Therefore, it would minimise any program started this way.

[crono_logical]

Isn't there an option in shortcuts you can set to make them run stuff in windows minimised?

[Discord]

Hmmm... great idea Face! It seems to work great on one system, yet on the other it's asking which app the file should be executed with. =/

I thought so too, crono, but I don't know, it seems that nobody can find one that would.

Thanks for your input so far, people! You've been a great help!

[Baloki]

Now Discord can fish for passwords in style!

[Discord]

Originally Posted by Baloki ^

Now Discord can fish for passwords in style!

Nah, I've got enough of those already. I'm just artificially keeping my activity level on one web-site at 100%. (please don't ask, why any sane person would do that)

PS: Yes, I could let it run in background, but there's really no need to give early grey hairs to the guys in data security dept.

[crono_logical]

cron job with wget would be far easier on a linux box if that's all you're trying to do

[o_O]

Originally Posted by Discord ^

Hmmm... great idea Face! It seems to work great on one system, yet on the other it's asking which app the file should be executed with. =/

How old is the second machine? It should have JavaScript enabled in Internet Options. If that doesn't work, it might work if you run it with the extension .vbs instead of .js. I can't guarantee that, since you'd be relying on my JavaScript code executing properly as VB code. Having said that, the API that I used it almost identical across languages.

Originally Posted by crono_logical:

cron job with wget would be far easier on a linux box if that's all you're trying to do

That's the most sensible thing in this thread yet.