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On Windows you can save the following script as .bat file:

md "C:\location\x" 7z.exe e "C:\path to file\x" -o"C:\location\x" -aoa If "C:\location\x" exists, md will display an error message and the script will continue.

Make sure <code>7z.exe</code> is in a directory contained in %PATH% (e.g. system32) or in the working directory of the script. Alternatively, call 7z with the absolute path:

"C:\location to 7zip\7z.exe" e "C:\path to file\x" -o"C:\location\x" -aoa

I would check out IFTTT (If this, then that) on the Play store, or visit their website IFTTT . That would be a simpler solution than building something yourself.

It's a way to automate actions on your phone based on a massive range of criteria:

• Auto respond to texts

• Turn off wifi when you get to work

• Update your background to NASAs 'Photo of the day' when available

etc etc

On the VBA side, AFAIK outlook does not have time triggers for scripts.

I might recommend:

• set a rule to put those emails in a dedicated folder

• write a vb/vba script to check that folder and react accordingly. Outlook acripts are hard to do that with so i would recommend using a blank single-page excel book & import the outlook reference, then using an on-open macro which closes itself. The only reason i suggest this over a standalone vbScript is "option explicit". To import the outlook library (if i recall correctly, it's been a few years) go to tools->references and check the box for microsoft outlook

• set a task (windows task scheduler) to open that file

• ???

• profit!

Edit: there are ways to set timers in outlook, but in my experience VBA loses all state (and is therefore unreliable) randomly when it isn't actively running - so i don't recommend it. The way you would do that is in the update on the first answer here. The reason i don't recommend that first answer is because it can break things if outlook is already running (granted, mine can cause an issue if excel is, but excel is less of an always-on thing)

Edit2: make sure to use the outlook library for sending mail, because other options in Excel tend to fail & hang silently

Edit3: possibly better solution how to use outlook reminders as triggers. This ONLY works if outlook is running when the reminder should fire.

Here's a quick and dirty way to do it:

Download speedtest CLI to a directory https://www.speedtest.net/apps/cli, open PowerShell in the same directory and run this:

$IP = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the address to traceroute"

.\speedtest.exe; tracert $IP

Check out autohotkey

The example will be a decent start. You will have to figure out how to open different browsers instances with individual urls. Then use winmove to designate screen, location, and size

https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/WinMove.htm

Sure, any script can be written with no coding experience.

Or, do you mean you want a program that allows you to craft some kind of program or function without writing any code? That exists, too, in many forms. For example, there's IFTTT (google it), frep, etc. The first one that comes to mind, though, is scratch.