Windows 7: Set a video to play at a certain time?

jloc · 25 Mar 2012

So someone told me about a trick where instead of using a song as your alarm, you set a video to play and after it wakes you up, you get interested and once the video's finished, you're fully awake.

How could I set a 30 minute video to open at a specific time? My PC always hibernates after a few hours of not being used.

Kari · 25 Mar 2012

It's quite easy using Task Scheduler and Windows Media Player. Like this:

Start Task Scheduler (type Task on Start Menu > Search, click Task Scheduler)
Click Action > Create Task
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In General tab, give your task a name and description, select Run wheter user is logged in or not:
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In Triggers tab select when and how often task is to be run:
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In Action tab select Action: Start a program and set Program / script as wmplayer "path_to_your_video_file.ext":
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(Path must include the file extension of your file!)
In Conditions tab set computer to be waked up to run the task:
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Click OK. Task Scheduler asks now your credentials needed to wake computer up and log to Windows to allow task to be run on scheduled time:
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Your Video Alarm is ready, waking up you at specific time:
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Kari

jloc · 25 Mar 2012

Exactly what I needed! Thanks!

Kari · 25 Mar 2012

You are welcome.

Kari

Windows 7: Set a video to play at a certain time?

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