Schedule .bat isn't executing VBScript properly - vbscript

So I've got 2 things going on: a program that checks the status of some folders, then a VBScript that runs afterwards to email recipients of any errors going on in said folders. Even if there is none, it's supposed to send a "No Errors" email.
Both of them work perfectly fine individually. The checker .exe program runs with no issues, and when I run the VBScript by itself, it sends all the emails it's supposed to. However, I put the following into a .bat file to run nightly at 11pm:
"C:\batch\night_monitor\checker.exe"
"C:\batch\night_monitor\emailer.vbs"
For some reason, when the batch file is run, only 1 out of 5 emails go out. By default, all the flags are set to true, and when I look in the log file, I see that the emailer.vbs is only checking 2 error logs instead of 5. Like I said though, the emailer works perfectly fine if I just run it by itself. Is there something major that I'm missing here?


Try this..
#ECHO OFF
START "Checker" /WAIT "C:\batch\night_monitor\checker.exe"
START "Emailer" /WAIT "C:\batch\night_monitor\emailer.vbs"
Run START /? from a command line to see all the options.


It seems your checker.exe isn't finished when emailer.vbs is started.
Try running your programms in sequence:
"C:\batch\night_monitor\checker.exe" & "C:\batch\night_monitor\emailer.vbs"
... or execute emailer.vbs only if checker.exe executed successfuly:
"C:\batch\night_monitor\checker.exe" && "C:\batch\night_monitor\emailer.vbs"
Another alternative would be to call checker.exe from inside emailer.vbs to make sure it has finished before you access the error logs.

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When I run the application manually it works as expected.
However, when trying to run it as a scheduled task I get the following error: 3762504530
I did some researching and it appears it may have to do with the application trying to run interactively even when there is no user actually logged in.
I have tried to suppress outputs but that didn't seem to have any effect.

Without seeing the code i guess u use console output or similar...
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Also be sure that your script run "non interactive" (no prompts etc.)

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run curl from windows task scheduler automatically

I have a simple one line bat file that runs a curl localhost:port. My curl.exe is in the same folder as the bat I don't have it installed globally. It runs fine if I double click it, it also runs fine if I right click in task scheduler and select run task. It also says it completes the "scheduled tasks" successfully but nothing happens (I'm sure of this as I'm checking data that should update if the script is run, and it doesn't happen under the scheduled/automatic scenarios). After reading lots of users issues I tried configuring in two ways (all on 5 minute updates):
Common Way
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Program/script: C:\p\updater.bat
Start in: C:\p\
Other Way
Action: Start a Program
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Default working directory for scheduled script is %Windows%\system32. Try to add in first line to you updater.bat:
cd c:\p\
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echo Script Ended >> c:\p\log.txt
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SVN update using windows task scheduler not working

I want to setup a windows cron job to update svn. I created a batch file with this step:
START TortoiseProc.exe /command:update /path:"C:\svn" /closeonend:0
and setup the task scheduler to run this daily. This svn requires a password which I want to enter each time rather than cache it. The batch file works as expected without any issues.
The task scheduler shows that the job was successfully executed. However, I don't get the GUI to enter the password, neither does the directory get updated. Also, when I tried to manually update the svn directory thereafter, it says that svn is locked.
Why is task scheduler reporting successful?
Why is svn getting locked?

Task scheduler reports success because START seems to return exit code 0. START only starts an application and exits. It doesn't wait until the started application has exited. The task scheduler never sees the exit code of TortoiseProc this way.
You can do this with START WAIT. Enter START /? in a CMD for more information.
You can also do this with CMD /K itself. Enter CMD /? in a CMD for more information.
But I don't think you need START or CMD at all. You can either run TortoiseProc directly or call it via a batch script. In the batch script you can add more debugging like echos and redirected output in files to see what happens.

Do not use TortoiseProc.exe for this task! Use Subversion command-line client (svn.exe). Read the docs:
Remember that TortoiseSVN is a GUI client, and this automation guide
shows you how to make the TortoiseSVN dialogs appear to collect user
input. If you want to write a script which requires no input, you
should use the official Subversion command line client instead.

Run a batch file with Windows task scheduler

I have a batch file daily.bat, this is the code:
cd C:\inetpub\wwwroot\infoweb\factuur\cron
c:\PHP\php.exe -f ./cron_pdf.php
ftp -s:ftp_upload.txt ftp.site.be
And I created a task with task scheduler in Windows 7. When I run the batch manually, everything goes fine, but when I try to run it with the task scheduler nothing happens.
My action is
'run script' "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\site\x\cron\daily.bat"
UAC is off and I am Admin.
Any idea why this is not working?

I faced the same problem, but I found another solution without having to modify my batch script.
The only thing that I missed out is at the 'Action' settings - "Start in (Optional)" option.
Go the task properties --> Action tab --> Edit --> Fill up as below:
Action: Start a program
Program/script: path to your batch script e.g. C:\Users\beruk\bodo.bat
Add arguments (optional): <if necessary - depending on your script>
Start in (optional): Put the full path to your batch script location e.g. C:\Users\beruk\(Do not put quotes around Start In)
Then Click OK
It works for me. Good Luck!

None of the above method worked. I tried it this way as said it in a tutorial and it worked.
Action:
Start a program
Program/script:
cmd
Add arguments:
/c start "" "E:\Django-1.4.1\setup.bat"
Worked for me on Win7 Pro. You must have an account with a password (blank passwords are no good)

For those whose bat files are still not working in Windows 8 and 10+ Task Scheduler , one thing I would like to add to Ghazi's answer - after much suffering:
Under Actions, Choose "Create BASIC task", not "Create Task"
That did it for me, plus the other issues not to forget:
Use quotes, if you need to, in your Start a program > program/script entry i.e "C:\my scripts\runme.bat" (or just use the Browse button)...
Use the Start In path to your batch file, even though it says optional - BUT DON'T use quotes in the Start In field. (Crazy but true!)
This worked without any need to trigger a command prompt. And it is the quickest and simplest method.
(Sorry my rep is too low to add my Basic Task tip to Ghazi's comments)

Make sure "Start In " has NO QUOTES.

It is working now. This is what I did. You probably won't need all these steps to make it work but just to be sure try them all:
Check the account parameters of your scheduled task and make sure they are set to run whether or not someone is logged into the machine
check run with most privileges/rights
Make sure you go to the full path first: cd C:\inetpub\wwwroot\infoweb\factuur\cron
Don't use double quotes in your batch files (don't know why but seems to help)
Be super admin, enter 'Net user administrator /active:yes' in command prompt, log out and log in as the super admin, so UAC is off

Make sure "Start In" does NOT end with a BACKSLASH.

My script was to pull latest code from master and publish a new branch
cd D:\dev\repo
git checkout master
git pull
git branch -D my-branch
git push origin --delete my-branch
git checkout -b my-branch
git push -u origin my-branch
exit

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Under Windows7 Pro, I found that Arun's solution worked for me: I could get this to work even with "no user logged on", I did choose use highest priveledges.
From past experience, you must have an account with a password (blank passwords are no good), and if the program doesn't prompt you for the password when you finish the wizard, go back in and edit something till it does!
This is the method in case its not clear which worked
Action: start a program
Program/script : cmd
(doesn't need the .exe bit!)
Add arguments:
/c start "" "E:\Django-1.4.1\setup.bat"

I messed with this for several hours and tried many different suggestions.
I finally got it to work by doing the following:
Action: Start a program
Program/Script: C:\scriptdir\script.bat
Add arguments (optional) script.bat
Start in (optional): c:\scriptdir
run only when user logged in
run with highest privileges
configure for: Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008

If all of the rest fails for you here ensure that the user you are trying to run the task as has access to the file you're trying to use.
In my case I was trying to run a batch file from C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop which the account couldn't access. Moving it to a neutral location on C:\ resolved the issue.

I post the answer to this question here and here.

Using the Run button in the Task Scheduler main window to test several variations finally found the correct settings. This two options must be combined:
-Run only when user is logged on
-Run with highest privileges.
All other variations failed. It's infuriating all the time wasted on this, but at least it works.
OS: WINDOWS 8 CORE (BASIC) VERSION

Please check which user account you use to execute our task. It may happen that you run your task with different user then your default user, and this user requires some extra privileges.
Also it may happen that the task is executed but you cant see any effect because the batch file waits for some user response so please check task manager if you see your process running.
Once it happen that I schedule a batch with svn update of some web page and the process hangs because svn asked for accepting server certificate.

Don't use double quotes in your cmd/batch file
Make sure you go to the full path start in (optional):
C:\Necessary_file\Reqular_task\QDE\cmd_practice\

Try run the task with high privileges.
put a \ at the end of path in "start in folder" such as c:\temp\
I do not know why , but this works for me sometimes.

Action: Start a Program
Program/script: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
Add arguments: /k start "" "E:\scripts\example.bat"
Add exit to the end of your batch file.
The cmd window will not show if you select Run whether user is logged in or not. You need to select Run only when user is logged on to see the window in action.

Check when a Program is Done Running using a .BAT

How would I go about checking to see if a specific program is done running?
I'm attempting to make a script that runs a series of .exe's (specifically and setup program and a number of patches) in order automatically.
So far I've been able to get them to run at the same time, but that's obviously not what I need.
How can I get them to run each after the other is completed?
I've looked at a few already posted, but I wasn't able to modify them to what I need.

Run your exe from the bat using this syntax
start /wait foo.exe
to wait for the executable to return before continuing on in the bat file.

Could you specify what method are you using for running the programs?
There are more than one.
For instance, if you are using "START", there's a "/WAIT" switch which takes care of the waiting.

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