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Ahhh - yes, that fixed it - many thanks again!!

As per the message above... A friend suggested using Camstudio2.0 to record what was happening on the screen and it captured the elusive message which says "SUCCESS: Attempted to run the scheduled task" followed by the task name. Is there a way to suppress this message - i.e., stop it from appearing? Thanks in anticipation.

Fantastic!!!! I still get the fleeting message in a window that is hard to read just before the app starts, but start it does, and seems to run just fine. Many many thanks for your advice - much appreciated:-) A friend suggested using Camstudio2.0 to record what was happening on the screen and it captured the elusive message which says "SUCCESS: Attempted to run the scheduled task" followed by the task name. Is there a way to suppress this message - i.e., stop it from appearing? Thanks again.

Hi Andre, great! It will start OK now without the UAC message - thanks. Now, how can I get it to auto-start when I start up the computer? I tried pinning the shortcut to the start menu but it does not start. Thanks again in anticipation.

Hi Andre, Thanks for getting back to me. I edited the XML, deleted the current task and tried to import the edited XML but got an error. What paremeter should I set to get the "InteractiveToken" when I rebuild the task from scratch. Also, the utility runs a small window showing the trafiic going up and down the (ADSL) line, so I definitely want to see that window - does your statement "you can't see the UI" imply that I would not be able to see the traffic window? Thanks again for your help.

Thank you for getting back to me on this. I checked and all compatibility options are off. Here's the XML... <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?> <Task version="1.3" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task"> <RegistrationInfo> <Date>2010-06-26T21:15:12.2936476</Date> <Author>Win7-PC\Win7</Author> <Description>To Auto-Start Crystal Internet Meter</Description> </RegistrationInfo> <Triggers /> <Principals> <Principal id="Author"> <UserId>Win7-PC\Win7</UserId> <LogonType>Password</LogonType> <RunLevel>HighestAvailable</RunLevel> </Principal> </Principals> <Settings> <MultipleInstancesPolicy>IgnoreNew</MultipleInstancesPolicy> <DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>true</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries> <StopIfGoingOnBatteries>true</StopIfGoingOnBatteries> <AllowHardTerminate>true</AllowHardTerminate> <StartWhenAvailable>false</StartWhenAvailable> <RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable> <IdleSettings> <StopOnIdleEnd>true</StopOnIdleEnd> <RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle> </IdleSettings> <AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand> <Enabled>true</Enabled> <Hidden>false</Hidden> <RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle> <DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>false</DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession> <UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>false</UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine> <WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun> <ExecutionTimeLimit>P3D</ExecutionTimeLimit> <Priority>7</Priority> </Settings> <Actions Context="Author"> <Exec> <Command>"C:\Program Files\Crystal Internet Meter\cimeter.exe"</Command> </Exec> </Actions> </Task>

Hi Andre, I think that this is what I've been looking for. I am "in conversion" from XP PRO to Windows 7 (dual boot at the moment) and have a small utility that I'd like to run in Win 7 (Home Premium). It runs in XP PRO SP3 compatibility mode and is called Crystal Internet Meter. It will start manually but requires the UAC OK. I tried your technique here to try to get it to start automatically at start up (which it does in XP PRO) without the UAC message. But every time I try to run the short cut I get a message saying that the utility is already running. But it's not - I've checked the task manager and it is definitely not running. Any suggestions will be welcomed. Thank you in anticipation.