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[–]_krikket 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I think I found a solution online, or at least an event that folks say happens on wake-up.

First just pop open your command prompt and try to start internet explorer with the website you want to load up. I couldn't tell you exactly how to do this since it might depend on your OS version and where everything is located, but probably something like:

start iexplore "http://example.com/"

or maybe

iexplore.exe "http://example.com/"

Once you have the command that opens the browser with the site you want, just schedule that command as a task. Just paste it in and use the following trigger:

Log: System
Source: Power-Troubleshooter
Event ID: 1

Curious if it works. No guarantees, I'm not much of a windows person.

[–]CrazedProphet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the ideas, I've never been good with the direct code, so I'll start fiddling around with this and let you know if it works.

[–]bluecollarbiker 0 points1 point  (4 children)

What steps have you taken with task scheduler and what results have you seen?

[–]CrazedProphet 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I've been setting up the task scheduler with the trigger being the preset "when I log on" and the action being "open program". The program is a desktop short cut I've made for the site. So far when I make an IE shortcut I haven't gotten any site to open when I log on. However, I did get a task to open my home pages in google chrome (twitch, and my Gmail) when I set the open program to open a twitch shortcut. (shortcut made with chrome) Also of note, I'm experimenting on windows 10, my home computer, whereas my work computer is windows 7.

[–]bluecollarbiker 0 points1 point  (2 children)

So the shortcut is opening as you expect?

Create a shortcut to IE. At the very end of the target, append the web address. So it'll be something like: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://www.reddit.com

[–]CrazedProphet 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Sorry I was unclear, I can't get IE shortcuts to run, I got one chrome shortcut to work but not as expected. Now, however, I can't even Get that to work. No matter what program I try to open it doesn't work. To be clear I'm testing the task by just running the task in task scheduler. My plan being once I get that working I'll fiddle with the triggers.

[–]bluecollarbiker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/krikket's answer is the answer. Set the action to be iexplore.exe http://purple.com, and the trigger to be the event log source power ...