Control Windows Utilities using LabVIEW e.g. disk defragmenter

[topside]

I need to perform a scheduled disk defragment/disk clean on a number of systems so I thought I'd see if it was possible to write a program to do this for me i.e. on a certain date LabVIEW automatically opens the disk defragmenter and runs it. I can't seem to make sense of the ActiveX controls for this in LabVIEW and not sure if this is even possible with ActiveX? Has anyone been able to control any similar Windows utilities using LabVIEW. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[GerdW]

Hi topside,

you can control programs when they provide ActiveX-(or other) interfaces.

Other option would be to start the program by "System exec" function and simulate mouse-clicks (or key input), search for "simulate mouse click" here in the forum.

For disk defragmentation you may setup a scheduled task in Windows, independently from LabView

[Andrey_Dmitriev]

You can just call

defrag C:\ -f

with SystemExec.vi

regards,

Andrey.

[topside]

Ahhhh of course system the System Exec vi!!! Thanks guys you saved me a lot of hassle!!