Is there a simple way to make a program open at a designated time?

[DAAAAAAAVE]

I am trying to get my torrenting program to open at 2 am every morning (cause that is when i change from on peak to off peak cap quota). Any suggestions/help?

 

[motulist]

Ical. Make a recurring event that has an alarm that launches the application.

Done.

 

[DAAAAAAAVE]

ok so i have the reccurring event set up but how do i make the date of the alarm change with each avent? atm the event itself is going off into the future but each one has an alarm set for today

 

[motulist]

I'm not sure what you mean. There's no separate time setting for an alarm. The alarm will say something like "15 minutes before," meaning the alarm will be triggered 15 minutes before the event's start time.

 

[DAAAAAAAVE]

what i mean is that i want my laptop to open my torrent program at 2 am every morning forever
is there a way to set that up without setting up each individual day?

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

CronniX
piTime

(Disclaimer: I haven't tried any of these.)

 

[motulist]

what i mean is that i want my laptop to open my torrent program at 2 am every morning forever
is there a way to set that up without setting up each individual day?

1) You make a new event for 2:15 am.

2) You set it to have an alarm "15 minutes before" that launches bit torrent.

3) You set it to recur every day.

result: In week view you will see a horizontal row of repeated events that each start at 2:15 on every day of the week, and each one of these is set to launch its alarm 15 minutes before that particular event's start time. There is nothing else to do. The job is done.

 

[DAAAAAAAVE]

thanks man
sorry for being a bit slow
got it just after i posted my last thing and just finished fixing as i read yours
you have just saved me half a month of shaped on peak internet
thanks a lot

 

[motulist]

You're welcome.