only one program will run inside if then

[JockoDundee]

3 minutes ago, leo8888 said:

I believe that the operating system (Server 2012 R2) is blocking the restart through DEP, at least that is my guess, and I did not want to have to disable DEP since everything else is working fine.

But can’t you just disable DEP temporarily to confirm your diagnosis?

[leo8888]

Just now, JockoDundee said:

But can’t you just disable DEP temporarily to confirm your diagnosis?

I could but since this is a production server and some employees are working remotely I did not want to have to restart the server if I could help it. At least what I have now gives the desired result.

I may go back eventually to my original scripts and test with DEP disabled.

[Nine]

Here a good article on DEP, they tell you how to check if DEP could be responsible of the problem:

https://www.online-tech-tips.com/windows-xp/disable-turn-off-dep-windows/

 

[leo8888]

7 minutes ago, Nine said:

Here a good article on DEP, they tell you how to check if DEP could be responsible of the problem:

https://www.online-tech-tips.com/windows-xp/disable-turn-off-dep-windows/

 

Thank you for the link, I appreciate it!