I'm not sure about a 3rd party programs but it is possible to automatically open a folder with dynamic name, that represents the current month, by using Windows Task Scheduler and a batch file.
Assuming that you have a folder on Desktop named "Menu", within that Menu folder,create subfolders named 01,02,03,...,11,12 that will represent each month and put the restaurant menues in those folders.
01 is for January, 11 is to November ... you get the idea.
In the same "Menu" folder, create a text file and copy/paste this in there
@echo off & for /F "tokens=1-4 delims=/ " %%A in ('date/t') do (
set DateWeekday=%%A
set DateMonth=%%B
set DateDay=%%C
set DateYear=%%D
)
set CurrentDate=%DateMonth%
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe "C:\Users\YourUsername\Desktop\Menu\%CurrentDate%
In this code, replace the word "YourUsername" with the account owner name so the path will be correct.
Now save the changes, close the file, rename it to Menu.bat (no txt extension anymore).
This is how your Menu folder should look like.
Test it to make sure it opens the folder that you need.If you double click on Menu.bat it must open a folder named "03" which represents March.Next month if you double click on
it it will open 04 folder , e.t.c. you get the idea.
Now you have a batch file that you can run with Windows Task Scheduler automatically so you don't have to manually double click on it.For example, if you want the folder to open every time you power on the computer then schedule a task as described here
Start button> in search bar type Task Scheduler and open it> on the right side of the Task Scheduler window click on Create Basic Task >name it "Menu" or something that you will recognize easier in future > Press Next>
This is the most important part.When do you want Menu.bat to be executed(when do you want to open "03" folder) ? In this example I'll assume
you want to open the "03" folder every time you power on the computer and type in your password to log in.Choose the "At log on" option and
press Next.The default selection is "Start a program", leave it that way and press Next.Now you must specify
what program/script you want to execute.Press the "Browse" button, locate the Menu.bat file(which is in this case located in C:\Users\Yourusername\Desktop\Menu folder , but you can put it anywhere you want).Then press Next.Then press Finish.You will notice the new task named "Menu" in the central part of the Task Scheduler window.If you double click on it you can customize it to run regardless whether the computer is on battery power or plugged in,start the task if the computer is idle or busy or regardless of state.The "task" here means running the "Menu.bat" file which will open the folder that represents current month.
If you want to run this every day at a specific time, double click on "Menu" task to open the settings window, click on "Triggers" tab ,press Edit.Next to "Begin the task"
you can choose the schedule.Or you can even run it when another program is executed.
I don't take credit for writing the batch file above.It was "ripped" from Google then modified to work better in this case.
This file will work properly if your computer date is in this format MM/DD/YYYY
