I have a C# program that I want to run automatically every night without me having to do this,
I believe there is a way of doing this by setting an automated task however im not sure how to do this?
P.S. not sure if this helps but it has a .exe file in its library.
Thanks in advance.
What about registering this as a scheduled task?
Go to Control Panel -> Scheduled tasks.
Here you can easily add your exe as a task and choose when and how often to run your task.
In Windows 7 this is changed somewhat, but you can find it in
Control Panel -> System and Security -> Administrative Tools -> Task Scheduler
Have a look at Windows Scheduled Tasks, not sure if it's available only on Windows Server or also XP, Vista, 7...
You can schedule tasks to run at whatever interval you like. I don't know what version of Windows you are using but here's how to it in Windows XP
You can use "Scheduled Tasks" on windows.
You could also write your application as a "Windows Service". By this, it would run all the time on a machine, without someone creating a scheduled task.
Windows scheduled tasks is the right way.
Look here for more information.
And here for how to do it in Windows 7