Cerena Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I would need to install a product and the product forces the system to do a restart. But even after the restart there are some steps that should be automated. Is it possible for the script to handle the restart and then continue with the other steps. Thank you, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators JLogan3o13 Posted December 8, 2015 Moderators Share Posted December 8, 2015 @Cerena there are a number of ways to do this, yes. It is probably easiest to drop a small file onto the machine, so the script knows where it left off. When you launch your script, always have it check for the existence of that file; if not there, start at the beginning, otherwise begin at "stage 2", etc. "Profanity is the last vestige of the feeble mind. For the man who cannot express himself forcibly through intellect must do so through shock and awe" - Spencer W. Kimball How to get your question answered on this forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Should the script automatically be started after reboot or do you just need to know if it was started before or after the reboot? My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs:Active Directory (NEW 2022-02-19 - Version 1.6.1.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example ScriptsOutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiOutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - DownloadOutlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - WikiPowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiTask Scheduler (NEW 2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs:Excel - Example Scripts - WikiWord - Wiki Tutorials:ADO - WikiWebDriver - Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesAhead Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Your program can write to the RunOnce Registry key to start on the next boot. You could have the command line include a switch to make it easy to know it was started via RunOnce. It is pretty easy to use. Plus it is automatically removed by the system. No need to delete the key manually. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa376977(v=vs.85).aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396 My Freeware Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 When you search the forum you will find a lot of hits regarding RunOnce. My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs:Active Directory (NEW 2022-02-19 - Version 1.6.1.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example ScriptsOutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiOutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - DownloadOutlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - WikiPowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiTask Scheduler (NEW 2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs:Excel - Example Scripts - WikiWord - Wiki Tutorials:ADO - WikiWebDriver - Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdelaney Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Make everything idempotent, and you don't need to worry where you start the script from...such as validate the registry values added by your installer are already present, or install it.Another way to autostart it is to copy it into the startup folder (make sure to delete it when your script reaches the end completion:C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartupAlthough, the startup requires someone to login. Another way is to create a scheduled task that runs on startup. IEbyXPATH-Grab IE DOM objects by XPATH IEscriptRecord-Makings of an IE script recorder ExcelFromXML-Create Excel docs without excel installed GetAllWindowControls-Output all control data on a given window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerena Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 Should the script automatically be started after reboot or do you just need to know if it was started before or after the reboot?Script should be started automatically after reboot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Then I would use the RunOnce approach. My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs:Active Directory (NEW 2022-02-19 - Version 1.6.1.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example ScriptsOutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiOutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - DownloadOutlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - WikiPowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiTask Scheduler (NEW 2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs:Excel - Example Scripts - WikiWord - Wiki Tutorials:ADO - WikiWebDriver - Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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