I'm writing a small app that needs to be executed once a week. I could write it as a service that runs constantly but only executes the task that I need it to once a week, but that seems like overkill.
Is there another way of executing an application once every x period of time? I'm looking for a solution that doesn't involve user interaction.
You could use the Windows Task Scheduler. It was designed with this scenario in mind.
You can use Windows Scheduler for planning execute app once a week.
You can use the Windows Task Scheduler in the Control Panel. Just set up a task to run your application on the specified day. You can even tell it to run as a certain user if you want.
You can always use Windows Scheduled Tasks. They can be ugly, but effective.