Re: [Tutor] Running scripts at login
Hi everyone, I am researching how to automatically run some of my scripts after I log into my Windows machine. I don't want to have to manually run the script or setup a windows task. The same way you run any Windows program on startup: Add the script to your startup programme group. What if I want to send the executable to someone and have their machine run the script at startup? Assume I don't have access to their machine to add the script to the startup program group. How can I make that happen? Big difference between your original question ... my Windows machine... and your present query ... access to their machine... This forum doesn't support system crackers. Oh, definitely not my intention - I can see how it came across that way though. For full disclosure, I wrote a script to check for new / move all my girlfriends pictures to dropbox. Nothing malicious intended. My apologies. -- DaveA ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Running scripts at login
On 06/04/12 03:07, Michael Lewis wrote: What if I want to send the executable to someone and have their machine run the script at startup? Assume I don't have access to their machine to add the script to the startup program group. How can I make that happen? When you say executable in reference to a Python script you need to be careful about what you mean. Because Python is an interpreted language the executable can be either the python interpreter (python.exe) or the script that the interpreter is executing (myscript.py). If your friend already has Python installed on their computer (and many nowadays do) then you just need to send the python script and ask them to save it into their startup group (or more likely create a link to it in their startup group) If they are non computer literate you could write an installer or batch file that copied the file to the relevant place. If your friend does not have Python installed you can either: 1) send them the Python installer and your script 2) get them to download and install python before running your script. 3) use a program like py2exe to bundle your script and the interpreter into a single self executing file HTH -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Running scripts at login
On 05/04/12 05:59, Michael Lewis wrote: Hi everyone, I am researching how to automatically run some of my scripts after I log into my Windows machine. I don't want to have to manually run the script or setup a windows task. The same way you run any Windows program on startup: Add the script to your startup programme group. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Running scripts at login
On 05/04/12 05:59, Michael Lewis wrote: Hi everyone, I am researching how to automatically run some of my scripts after I log into my Windows machine. I don't want to have to manually run the script or setup a windows task. The same way you run any Windows program on startup: Add the script to your startup programme group. What if I want to send the executable to someone and have their machine run the script at startup? Assume I don't have access to their machine to add the script to the startup program group. How can I make that happen? ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Running scripts at login
On 04/05/2012 10:07 PM, Michael Lewis wrote: On 05/04/12 05:59, Michael Lewis wrote: Hi everyone, I am researching how to automatically run some of my scripts after I log into my Windows machine. I don't want to have to manually run the script or setup a windows task. The same way you run any Windows program on startup: Add the script to your startup programme group. What if I want to send the executable to someone and have their machine run the script at startup? Assume I don't have access to their machine to add the script to the startup program group. How can I make that happen? Big difference between your original question ... my Windows machine... and your present query ... access to their machine... This forum doesn't support system crackers. -- DaveA ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Running scripts at login
Michael Lewis wrote: On 05/04/12 05:59, Michael Lewis wrote: Hi everyone, I am researching how to automatically run some of my scripts after I log into my Windows machine. I don't want to have to manually run the script or setup a windows task. The same way you run any Windows program on startup: Add the script to your startup programme group. What if I want to send the executable to someone and have their machine run the script at startup? Assume I don't have access to their machine to add the script to the startup program group. How can I make that happen? You tell them to add the script to their startup program group. If they don't know how, you give them instructions, or ask them for access so you can do it for them, or write an installer that will do it and tell them to run the installer. The installer could be as simple as a DOS batch file. This has nothing to do with Python. -- Steven ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
