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Is there any way to open a new window or tab and then have it close automatically?<br />
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I couldn't get the windows version of curl to work properly because the dlls wouldn't play nice.
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Is there any way to open a new window or tab and then have it close automatically?

I couldn't get the windows version of curl to work properly because the dlls wouldn't play nice.

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In Windows XP you can use TaskKill to 'kill' programs from the command line.<br />
It is described here: <a href="http://commandwindows.com/taskkill.htm" rel="ugc">http://commandwindows.com/taskkill.htm</a>
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In Windows XP you can use TaskKill to 'kill' programs from the command line.
It is described here: http://commandwindows.com/taskkill.htm [http://commandwindows.com/taskkill.htm]

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I'm sure finding the right process is loads of fun. I just realized the task manager in XP only lets you do a daily, not hourly task. Oye, now I know why I use Linux..
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I'm sure finding the right process is loads of fun. I just realized the task manager in XP only lets you do a daily, not hourly task. Oye, now I know why I use Linux..

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How can I load a website in the background? For instance, in linux you can do something like:<br />
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curl http://mydomain.com/load.php<br />
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or<br />
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lynx http://mydomain.com/load.php<br />
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I know I can just have a batch script with the lines:<br />
firefox.exe http://mydomain.com/load.php<br />
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But it will load a new window each time I call it every hour. I want to make it run in the background as much as possible.
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How can I load a website in the background? For instance, in linux you can do something like:

curl http://mydomain.com/load.php

or

lynx http://mydomain.com/load.php


I know I can just have a batch script with the lines:
firefox.exe http://mydomain.com/load.php

But it will load a new window each time I call it every hour. I want to make it run in the background as much as possible.

Loading Web Pages in the Background

Batch files are text files containing a script of commands that are executed by the command interpreter on DOS, OS/2 and Windows systems. Most commonly, they are used to perform a series of functions that are repeated -- copying a set of files created daily with one step, for example.

Windows Batch

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.