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I would like to know how to schedule a pop-up image every 1 hour on Windows 8.1. I tried to make a batch containing file name and file type and open the batch through Command Prompt by setting a CMD command in windows task scheduler. It didn't work. I don't think I know how to do this and if it's possible... Thanks for your input :)

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Found it. If you want to open the image file using windows photo viewer (Ive done this in win7 actually, should work on 8 too) when you are in task scheduler, hit Create a basic task and give a name and time and in the Action part hit Start a program and in the next step in the Program/script part put this:

%SystemRoot%\System32\rundll32.exe

and in the Add arguments (optional) paste the text below and remember to substitute __PATHTOFILE__ with full path of the image file like C:\Users\Jack\Desktop\file.jpg without any quotes: 

"%ProgramFiles%\Windows Photo Viewer\PhotoViewer.dll", ImageView_Fullscreen __PATHTOFILE__

Like this:
"%ProgramFiles%\Windows Photo Viewer\PhotoViewer.dll", ImageView_Fullscreen C:\Users\Jack\Desktop\file.jpg

And Finish!

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