>>>>Thanks Sergey. But the task scheduler in Windows doesn't cater to hourly execution.=( Apart from writing a batch script, is there any way I can manage routine tasks?
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>>>You can specify any interval, including hourly.
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>>Can't find how. I had to make six scheduler entries for the same exe just to get it to run six times a day. XP SP1.
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>Starting with Win2k Task Scheduler version you can have multiple schedules per each job.

Found it... under one of them "advanced" buttons, Repeat Task.