Only processes with a message loop will be able to receive the message, therefore, the processes that do not have a message loop will generate that error. CloseMainWindow This command acts as if you'd clicked 'close' X button I have tested it with xampp control panel powershell ps xampp-control. A tool that does this correctly is. CloseMainWindow , your mileage may vary. Ability To Trigger Tasks Based On Conditions AutoTask 2000 will allow you to launch a task based on certain conditions being true.
Three seconds the second program starts. I meant to send to nul. Most likely, these processes are the chrome extensions and plugins. I already created two batch files where one of them enables my game controllers and the other one disables them. Soooo I just spent the last 2 hours writing some code.
Note tha this forum is for technicians. If the exe you call then creates other process, such as calling another exe, and then exits the batch file will continue processing after the called exe has terminated, as it has no knowledge of other processes started by it. Update to Updated Question Ignore, the errors. Once it is started, it cannot perform additional functions within that program. In your case this is a real problem because installers normally extract files from some form of compressed container, which may be embedded in the exe itself, then fire off one of the extracted files and exit. Not sure if that has an effect or not. By simply keeping the intermediate copies around you should be able to achieve what you really want which we are all still guessing at.
Not sure if that has an effect or not. I still have the program execute notepad because I don't want the trouble of two versions of dBase fighting over files. The first batch file will also run the second. Properly releasing memory and closing handles. Apparently, I misunderstood the problem. I'm speculating that it just stops before it gets to exit.
I would like to see what happens inside so please let me know what your target application is. You have all of the data. Sorry for the late reply, have been building a new computer but now I'm finished and just tried what you suggest above and it works like a charm so many thanks :!! The process will be restricted to running on these processors. I just realised why your batch file isn't working. However, I'd like to have it closed right after the batch file finishes its job. Alright, Not going to lie.
However your suggested command only works when I run it manually from the command line. Good Day, I have a. In your example it should close either automatically without the exit or explicitly with the exit. This will inherit variables from the calling shell, but any variable changes will be discarded when the second script ends. Starting a new process with , will run in the same shell environment as the calling script. Note To Spammers: We do not allow unsolicited advertising! It copies the folder before it even runs word. This is batch scripting 101.
Additional Questions Can I start a program minimized, or background with vbscript? We are going to create actually two batch files, the first one to close the process or program and the second to start it again. Update I think this should accomplish the nearly equivalent task as you asked for without all of the headache. Hi, I am trying to write a batch file to start two programs and then stop one of the programs say after 5-10 seconds. This does everything you need. Thanks for your help in advance.
I tried putting the exit after mstsc command as follows: mstsc -v server3 exit but it never reaches to exit as mstsc -v server3 seems to be waiting for some status. No big deal really, but I thought there would be some simple way to cause it to close itself. You need to register before you can post: click the link to proceed. It's been a while since I've done some serious Batch file work, but if I were to send all the output from a tasklist command to a text file, what dos commands could be used to search that file for the text string 'firefox. If the file path contains a space within a folder name, you need to enclose that folder name in double quotes. Before you register, please read the. When I tried LoCactus's suggestion, the shortcut to the batch file closed, but it didn't run the batch file.
There must be something basic that I'm missing. We cannot answer this question as it is product related. The problem iwth having cmd open is that cli is not happy sharing resources with other thins, even if it isnt doing anything atm lemi look around for a program like i am talking about, i have built dozens for dos, but dos is easy. This can be done by explicitly running. Thanks for your reply, Sidewinder. The filename extension does not have to be. Major assumption: When the same program is listed twice with Tasklist, we assume the first process is listed first.