Automatically run application

Hi everyone.

Hope you can help, I'm really new to java.

Background

A JavaApplication that must run every 24 hours, process duration varies... Won't take more than 2 hours.
This process has to run on a Windows 7 machine, Tomcat installed.
Machine is dedicated to run that piece of software.

How To

I have heard multiple options:

- Running a windows task (maybe a bat?)
- A cron job (don't know anything about this)

Please recommend me what to do based on this information.

Thanks

This really has nothing to do with Java, outside of the program being run. That said, just use the task scheduler built into Windows...

Google is your friend. The first one will guide you through it.