Z-Cron is a freeware (for personal use) and powerful task scheduler. Although Windows does come with a task scheduler but you would hardly call it user friendly and it isn’t nearly as powerful as Z-Cron.
Z-Cron has a large list of tasks that you can schedule, but here are some of the highlights:

  • Copy, Move & Delete Files - Useful for backup devices
  • Kill - Closes a file
  • Download - Downloads a file via HTTP
  • Mail - Send an email with SMTP
  • Ping - Pings an IP address to test for connectivity
  • Reboot - Reboots the computer
  • Remote Shutdown - Remotely shut down a computer
  • Wake on LAN - Remotely power up a computer
  • Connect/Disconnect - Connects or disconnects a dialup connection
  • Watch - Monitors a program. If the program “dies”, it will be restarted
  • And more, here is the complete list

An example of what you could do with Z-Cron is to get it to start a backup on a remote computer and have it email you when it finishes; or, if you were in a job that managed many computers on a network, you could set a master computer to turn on all the computers in the building in the morning and shut them down at night. There are many possibilities.


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Downloads:
Download from Official Site - 5.44mb