What is the Windows version of cron? [closed]

Answer 1

The 'at' command.

"The AT command schedules commands and programs to run on a computer at a specified time and date. The Schedule service must be running to use the AT command."

Answer 2

Not exactly a Windows version, however you can use Cygwin's crontab. For install instructions, see here: here.

Answer 3

The Windows "AT" command is very similar to cron. It is available through the command line.

Answer 4

Zcron is available free for personal use.

Answer 5

There is NNCron for Windows. IT can schedule jobs to be run periodically.

Answer 6

Check out the excellent Cronical program at https://github.com/mgefvert/Cronical

It is a .NET program that reads a text file with unix-like cron lines. Very convenient to use. It will send emails if stdout just like unix cron. It even supports acting as the service runner.