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Freeware - System Utilities - Application Schedulers

Command your computer with panels, Panel Commander is very clear and simple to use, it has sixteen buttons that execute the commands you have associated for each one of them. You can configure a button to - Run Program, Open File, Open Folder, Run a System Command, Go to an Internet Address with your default browser, Open your default email Client to send an email to a pre-set address. You can create as many Panel Commanders as you want and you can customise each one separately. Tooltips and message boxes guide you through each set-up step.

Run programs with your own, pre-defined, priorities instead of using Windows Task Manager to change the Runnining Processes priority (something which is not convenient). Applications Priority Master gives you the ability to create programs' shortcuts, specifying the priority you want them to start with.

FastKake will create a set of handy and useful shortcuts which will give you full control of your Windows operating system and simplify your computing life. There will be shortcuts to quickly shutdown/reboot/standby/hibernate the computer, lock the desktop or logoff the current user. There will also be shortcuts to empty the recycle bin, close all windows, quickly compose and send an email. Launch default browser, launch default email client, open/close your cd drive. Disable/enable your screensaver, open add/remove programs, device manager, search for files and folders, launch word, excel, powerpoint, notepad, etc. etc. FastKake is small in size, requires no installation and does not modify your system.

Startup Schedule Launcher allows you to schedule which applications you want started up by days of the week, and even by hour. For example, if you only want to run AIM on startup on Thursday, and your organizer every Sunday after 5 PM, that's when it will start. You don't need to let anything load up on days and times you don't need it.

Small, freeware, full-featured scheduler, that can launch applications and open documents at specified times or with specified frequency. Can be started as a system service or as a regular standalone application. This is a UNIX Cron ported to Windows. It is not resource demanding, it can run, even on very old PCs, without any noticeable performance degradation.