I was looking for a way to start softwares at a given time of the week and found X-ecutor to be the perfect choice for that. X-ecutor actually gives you even more options that that. It allows you to start softwares at system start, shutdown and at a selected time or day.
No matter what you choose to add you can select an executable that should be started, a working directory and parameters if you need them. It is possible to start the software minimized, wait seconds before or after executing, choose to run the software once a day, before or after a given time, a certain weekday or days and add messages before and after execution.
It is furthermore possible to shutdown, reboot, logoff or power off the computer after the application has been executed and finished its task.

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the scheduler of windows does the same job.