Thanks for the info sherman, I considered the scheduled task method but I don't leave my computer on 24/7 (or leave it in sleep mode) when I'm not around and when I am home I'm using the PC
Since my folks are retired and get up earlier than I do I've set up Calibre on a computer at their house, the plan was that it'll fetch my news and email it to me before I get up. They're not too computer savvy so I didn't want them to have Calibre popping up in full mode every time they boot up so this should solve the problem.
PS I just noticed I had all my slashes the wrong way in my path before, been doing too much web work lately