Because I'm lazy I made these very simple batch files
shutdown /s /t 2500
and
shutdown /a
If you are familiar with the Windows command line the first one just sets a timer after which the computer shuts down and the second one aborts this timer.
However they are two separate files. My question is: how to combine them into one? How to make 'if' statement which checks if turn off timer is engaged and aborts it and if it isn't engaged it sets the timer? Just for extra laziness I want to make it one click start/stop timer.
Also if there is a way, can I bind a batch file to specific key combination?
Mark the fact that the computer is being shut down by creating a temporary file.
If the file exists, then abort and delete the file.
#echo off
set SDF=%TEMP%\shutdown
if exist %SDF% (echo aborting shutdown
shutdown /a
del %SDF%
) else ( echo shutdown initiated
shutdown /s /t 2500
echo XX>%SDF%
)
pause
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I'm trying to make a batch file that opens a certain exe and then, after (for example) 5 minutes, closes it then reopens it again. I have tried this:
#echo off
:loop
cd /d %~dp0
certain exe
timeout /t "time" (by minutes)
taskkill /f /im "certain exe"
goto loop
but it wouldn't close the exe nor open it, what can I do?
The problem is that cmd will wait for the current command to end before executing the next command, so timeout (and taskill) will not be executed until example.exe closes by itself.
To ensure that cmd doesn't wait example.exe, you'll need to use start /B, as in this example:
#echo off
:loop
start /B "example.exe"
ping -n seconds_of_delay+1 127.0.0.1>nul
taskkill /f /im "example.exe"
goto :loop
Replace seconds_of_delay+1 with the number of seconds you want the time period to last plus one.
/B is needed because, without it, start would execute example.exe in a new window (if you want that, simply use start).
I used ping as the way to create a time delay because it has been found to consume less processor time than sleep or timeout (you can find more details here).
First please excuse my english :-)
SITUATION:
I'm using queued bat processes using code from this link
Let's call it BAT1 - this file start minimized after droping a file to be processed onto it and launching pop-up window showing the actual processing - there can be several of these running and waiting for their chance to "jump in":
title Waiting
echo %1
:lockedAppend
timeout -t 10 /nobreak > NUL
2>nul (
>>%userprofile%\queue.txt (
title Working
start /wait %userprofile%\Documents\BAT2.bat %1
(call )
)
)||goto :lockedAppend
BAT2 - contains code to process file droped on BAT1 passed by parameter. BAT2 ends with:
start /min BAT3.bat "%FileToArchive%"
exit
BAT2 is NOT waiting for BAT3 to finish before continuing or exiting in this case. BAT2 closes meaning BAT1 closes and queue should IMO be free for another BAT1 to jump in.
BUT! Frome reason that is escaping me none of waiting BAT1's runs before BAT3 finishes.
QUESTION:
Is there a way to run BAT3 being ignored by the queue code of BAT1?
I am probably missing the right vocabulary to talk about this problem more succinctly so excuse me if I'm a little wordy here. Under Windows 10 I have a program that runs inside a CMD command prompt It's an executable called OpenSim and it has it's own extensive command set, including 'shutdown', which initiates a graceful termination of the processes therein, closes SQL connections etc, then finally closes the CMD command window. I also have a CMD .bat file that is activated by my UPS when the power goes down that will of course open it's own window, and then does some housekeeping before closing down the hardware. One thing I want the .bat file to do is to somehow insert a 'shutdown'command into the other window's process. Is that possible? If so, how? Please assume I am a total newbie at this and you won't go far wrong. Thank you.
EDIT It looks like creating a file to flag the closedown event taking place is the only (and I guess rather primitive) way to do this. So, building on what others have said in stackoverflow, I have the following now. When I run it to test it waits - it doesn't. It runs right through to the end, running 'shutdown', even though the UPSFLAG.TXT file does not exist. What's going wrong?
echo Waiting for UPS Power Down Signal.
echo =================================
#ECHO OFF
SET LookForFile="C:\Opensim OSGrid\UPSFLAG.TXT"
:CheckForFile
IF EXIST %LookForFile% GOTO FoundIt
REM If we get here, the file is not found.
REM Wait 10 seconds and then recheck.
REM If no delay is needed, comment/remove the timeout line.
TIMEOUT /T 10 >nul
GOTO CheckForFile
:FoundIt
ECHO Found: %LookForFile%
rem Tidy up
del "C:\Opensim OSGrid\UPSFLAG.TXT"
shutdown
Adding double quote after the = will save your variable as that "C:\Opensim OSGrid\UPSFLAG.TXT" which you do not want. rather you want to store it as C:\Opensim OSGrid\UPSFLAG.TXT so move the quote to before lookforfile.
Also, you created a variable for the file, so you might as well use it in the delete.
Finally, as a safety measure, always put an exit after a goto. That will ensure the system exists should there be a problem in the script and you can make sure you do not delete files or shutdown the system when it was not planned for.
echo Waiting for UPS Power Down Signal.
echo =================================
#ECHO OFF
SET "LookForFile=C:\Opensim OSGrid\UPSFLAG.TXT"
:CheckForFile
IF EXIST "%LookForFile%" GOTO FoundIt
REM If we get here, the file is not found.
REM Wait 10 seconds and then recheck.
REM If no delay is needed, comment/remove the timeout line.
TIMEOUT /T 10 >nul
GOTO CheckForFile
exit
:FoundIt
ECHO Found: %LookForFile%
rem Tidy up
del "%LookForFile"
shutdown
I don't even know if this is possible, but is there anyway to shut down a machine after (n) minutes, using a batch file?
Currently I already have a batch file which works alongside ranorex and a virtual machine, and I need the machine to shut itself down after it has been idle for 10 minutes or so, just to give everything else in the batch file plenty of time to run. Is there any way of doing this?
Just use the command for shutdown and add the option for the time to wait:
shutdown /s /t 600 /f
/s is for shutting down the computer
/t is for wait before do the operation with time in seconds (10*60=600)
/f is for forcefully close all applications
With shutdown /a you can abort the action befor the time runs off. For more options use the help of the shutdown-command.
Essentially we have 2 batch files, one which is the "wrapper" if you will, calling another batch file so it starts as /min (minimized). This batch file then ends once it has launched the 2nd batch file.
This contains a loop, which keeps spawning an RDP session after it is closed.
The problem is, if the user ALT-TABs and closes the batch, they are just left with an empty desktop (as we task kill explorer). Is there a way of force rebooting the machine if that batch loop ends?
Thanks!
There is a standard cmd command:
shutdown /r
Usage: shutdown [/i | /l | /s | /r | /g | /a | /p | /h | /e | /o] [/hybrid] [/f]
[/m \\computer][/t xxx][/d [p|u:]xx:yy [/c "comment"]]
No args Display help. This is the same as typing /?.
/? Display help. This is the same as not typing any options.
/i Display the graphical user interface (GUI).
This must be the first option.
/l Log off. This cannot be used with /m or /d options.
/s Shutdown the computer.
/r Full shutdown and restart the computer.
/g Full shutdown and restart the computer. After the system is
rebooted, restart any registered applications.
/a Abort a system shutdown.
This can only be used during the time-out period.
/p Turn off the local computer with no time-out or warning.
Can be used with /d and /f options.
/h Hibernate the local computer.
Can be used with the /f option.
/hybrid Performs a shutdown of the computer and prepares it for fast startup.
Must be used with /s option.
/e Document the reason for an unexpected shutdown of a computer.
/o Go to the advanced boot options menu and restart the computer.
Must be used with /r option.
/m \\computer Specify the target computer.
/t xxx Set the time-out period before shutdown to xxx seconds.
The valid range is 0-315360000 (10 years), with a default of 30.
If the timeout period is greater than 0, the /f parameter is
implied.
/c "comment" Comment on the reason for the restart or shutdown.
Maximum of 512 characters allowed.
/f Force running applications to close without forewarning users.
The /f parameter is implied when a value greater than 0 is
specified for the /t parameter.
/d [p|u:]xx:yy Provide the reason for the restart or shutdown.
p indicates that the restart or shutdown is planned.
u indicates that the reason is user defined.
If neither p nor u is specified the restart or shutdown is
unplanned.
xx is the major reason number (positive integer less than 256).
yy is the minor reason number (positive integer less than 65536).
My suggestions:
Do you really need batch to be visible (minimized) or can it be hidden?
If it can be hidden, just use VBScript to launch it hidden:
With CreateObject("W"&"Script.Shell")
.Run "LongRun.bat", 0
End With
If you really need batch to be shown, you could make a hidden script which will wait for batch to terminate and reboot.
Step 1: Launch script hidden (Start.vbs):
Set WsShell = CreateObject("W"&"Script.Shell")
WsShell.Run "Hidden.vbs", 0
Step 2: Hidden.vbs will launch batch and wait it to return:
'This script is supposed to start hidden!
Set WsShell = CreateObject("W"&"Script.Shell")
WsShell.Run "LongRun.bat", 7, True
'WsShell.Run "REBOOT.EXE ..." 'Must remove comment and complete command line
MsgBox "Rebooting..."
Now LongRun.bat is running, Hidden.vbs also (but not visible).
If somehow LongRun.bat is terminated, Hidden.vbs will continue its execution and reboot.
(WScript.Shell.Run documentation)
EDIT: Notice "W"&"Script.Shell" is same as "WScript.Shell" but StackOverflow doesn't allow me to write it!