How to launch gui app from cron

[Jacek Trzmiel]

Tomasz Rojek wrote:
> > How can I start win app from cron, so that gui is visible?
> I would register cron as a service with option -i, or --interactive (Allow
> service to interact with the desktop). HTH

Thanks, it does work.

Gui app launched from cron does show on desktop after:
$ cygrunsrv --stop cron
$ cygrunsrv --remove cron
$ cygrunsrv --install cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -i
$ cygrunsrv --start cron

Greetings,
Jacek.

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