X-Received: by 10.13.223.84 with SMTP id i81mr20212203ywe.9.1468671141226; Sat, 16 Jul 2016 05:12:21 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.157.5.98 with SMTP id 89mr72017otw.9.1468671141140; Sat, 16 Jul 2016 05:12:21 -0700 (PDT) Path: csiph.com!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!peer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!j37no2128163qta.0!news-out.google.com!d68ni2450ith.0!nntp.google.com!f6no986334ith.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 05:12:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=24.33.238.244; posting-account=kq-bbQoAAACLKFWaNGy8VSJam_0d3zpe NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.33.238.244 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: VBS Script to pause Windows Media Player From: Bryan Spillman Injection-Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 12:12:21 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Received-Bytes: 1744 X-Received-Body-CRC: 503877448 Xref: csiph.com microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript:11337 Is there some sort of group policy that can control that? On Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 6:37:58 AM UTC-4, steve....@gmail.com wrote: > I'm looking for a simple VBS Script that will pause Windows Media Player when run in a command prompt window. > > I tried looking for such a program (seems a simple enough idea) but everything I found just confused me more. > > My plan is to use the Task Scheduler to intercept when my desktop locks, and automatically pause the player. > > I already have most of this process in place; my Scheduler task runs a script that turns the display power off.