Batch script to count number of times ie is run

[phil-k]

i work in a library and we need to keep track of how much our computers are being used.

i think the best way would be a batch script that detects when ie or firefox is run and then adds +1 to a text document.

i would like the batch to startup with windows but that's easy enough, and i would like it to run in the background.

i just recently started tinkering with batch files and can make very basic question and answer type things. but i pick up things like this pretty quick

if you could give me some starting points it would be appreciated

thanks alot

phil-k

[avery_larry]

You'd probably be better off by forcing IE/firefox to be launched by a script:

IE.cmd

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echo 1>>c:\%date:/=.%.IE
start "IE" iexplore.exe

FF.cmd

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echo 1>>c:\%date:/=.%.FF
start "FF" firefox.exe

Remove your direct links and put shortcuts to these files instead. You can even change the shortcut name/icon so nobody would really know (set the program shortcut to start minimized).

[*SCRIPTER*]

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