I wrote a batch file that does like this....... reminder this is for my grandma and i know you could do this task VIA scheduler I wrote a simple batch file that starts defrag so that her computer defrags..... What it does from the beginning is open a notepad and in that notepad I say this is about to defrag.... Now first thing is that to make the program finish and start defragging she needs to close the noptepad explaining to her that it is going to run..... How can I make the program just run? Also there Is a CMD window behind it that if you close it , it will stop defragging but cant I stop this window from appearing by @echo off or something to that nature? Also this is the simplest programming method I know of. How can I write some code besides a batch file that DOS can interperate by default ? Any free IDE's also ? Learning in progress..........

cls @echo off :start echo You about to defrag echo. echo To defrag press a echo To exit press b SET Choice= SET /P Choice= TYPE THE LETTER AND PRESS ENTER: -^> IF NOT '%Choice%'=='' SET Choice=%Choice% :: /I makes the IF comparison case-insensitive IF /I '%Choice%'=='a' GOTO :go1 IF /I '%Choice%'=='b' GOTO :exit echo "%Choice%" IS NOT VALID. PLEASE TRY AGAIN cls :GO1 your defrag instructions go here goto start :exit cls This is just a basic off the cuff for win xp Save as defrag.bat and put a short cut on the desktop.

"OS: windows" That narrows it right down. ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Save this as whateveryoulike.vbs Dim fso, sh, r, s, pe Set sh = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") returnvalue = msgbox("Hi Nan! Do You Want To Defrag Now?",36, "Vande") if returnvalue = 6 then s = wshshell.Run("C:\WINDOWS\system32\dfrg.msc") else wscript.quit end if

@echo off choice defrag now ? goto :%errorlevel% :1 echo defrag :2 ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Save this as whateveryoulike.vbs Dim fso, sh, r, s, pe Set sh = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") returnvalue = msgbox("Hi Nan! Do You Want To Defrag Now?",36, "Vande") if returnvalue = 6 then s = wshshell.Run("C:\WINDOWS\system32\dfrg.msc") else wscript.quit end if Vande: This post above looks like a scripting language that is not understood by default? Also in this below post "@echo off choice defrag now ? goto :%errorlevel% :1 echo defrag :2" Can you just say choice? will it understand yes or no? Also I heard choice is not supported in win XP... I mean it seems to be working but........ Learning in progress..........

sc config messenger start= demand net start messenger net send %computername% Defrag a go-go, baby. Yes, I have been playing Viewtiful Joe all weekend, what of it?