Run *.bat - Doesnt Work :/

[neo van matix]

Hello,

i've written a little script, which copies some Win2k Updates from a Server to a local folder.

Then, it should run the install.bat, which install the updates.

But, if i run the script, it copies the complete Folder - the install.bat appears for half a second - and then the folder will be deleted.

If i run the install.bat via doubleclick in Windows, it works fine :/

DirCopy("\\192.168.1.28\d$\AutoIT-Scripts\Win2k_Updates", "c:\Win2k_Updates")

Run("c:\Win2k_Updates\install.bat")

ProcessWaitClose("install.bat")
sleep(5000)
DirRemove("c:\Win2k_Updates", 1)

[nfwu]

Try:

Run("run c:\Win2k_Updates\install.bat")

If that does not work, this data may help:

It's default opener is {5e941d80-bf96-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}

This can be seen by the registry key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bat\PersistentHandler

#)

[PsaltyDS]

Hello,

i've written a little script, which copies some Win2k Updates from a Server to a local folder.

Then, it should run the install.bat, which install the updates.

But, if i run the script, it copies the complete Folder - the install.bat appears for half a second - and then the folder will be deleted.

If i run the install.bat via doubleclick in Windows, it works fine :/

DirCopy("\\192.168.1.28\d$\AutoIT-Scripts\Win2k_Updates", "c:\Win2k_Updates")

Run("c:\Win2k_Updates\install.bat")

ProcessWaitClose("install.bat")
sleep(5000)
DirRemove("c:\Win2k_Updates", 1)

Try it like this:

DirCopy("\\192.168.1.28\d$\AutoIT-Scripts\Win2k_Updates", "c:\Win2k_Updates")
RunWait(@ComSpec & ' /k c:\Win2k_Updates\install.bat', 'c:\Win2k_Updates\install.bat')
MsgBox(64, "Debug", "Install.bat complete, check results...")
DirRemove("c:\Win2k_Updates", 1)

That way you can see if it is working the way you want.

[neo van matix]

Doesnt work :/

run("run ..."):

I get an Error, that the script cant find the install.bat

Psaltyds:

Error, too: "Dirname not valid"

:/

Wtf, why run() cant open a simple *.bat files?

[PsaltyDS]

Doesnt work :/

run("run ..."):

I get an Error, that the script cant find the install.bat

Psaltyds:

Error, too: "Dirname not valid"

:/

Wtf, why run() cant open a simple *.bat files?

Of course it can run .bat files. That "Dirname not valid" needs to be chased to ground first...

Like this, for instance:

If Not DirCopy("\\192.168.1.28\d$\AutoIT-Scripts\Win2k_Updates", "c:\Win2k_Updates") Then
    MsgBox(16, "Error!", "DirCopy failed!  What happened to c:\Win2k_Updates\Install.bat?")
    Exit
EndIf

RunWait(@ComSpec & ' /k c:\Win2k_Updates\install.bat', 'c:\Win2k_Updates\install.bat')

MsgBox(64, "Debug", "Install.bat complete, check results...")

DirRemove("c:\Win2k_Updates", 1)

After you find out what happened to your DirCopy(), change the /k back to /c and delete the Debug MsgBox. :-)

Edited April 12, 2006 by PsaltyDS

[b1t5tR3@m]

Batch files have a quirk to them with regard to how and where they are run... First, are you running your script in the same dir as the .bat file? If so, do this:

DirCopy("\\192.168.1.28\d$\AutoIT-Scripts\Win2k_Updates", "c:\Win2k_Updates")

Run("c:\Win2k_Updates\install.bat", "", @SW_HIDE)

ProcessWaitClose("install.bat")
sleep(5000)
DirRemove("c:\Win2k_Updates", 1)

If however you are running the script from another location, use this:

DirCopy("\\192.168.1.28\d$\AutoIT-Scripts\Win2k_Updates", "c:\Win2k_Updates")

Run("c:\Win2k_Updates\install.bat", "c:\Win2k_Updates", @SW_HIDE)

ProcessWaitClose("install.bat")
sleep(5000)
DirRemove("c:\Win2k_Updates", 1)

Additionally I would just modify your code above to the following: (If script in same Dir)

DirCopy("\\192.168.1.28\d$\AutoIT-Scripts\Win2k_Updates", "c:\Win2k_Updates")

RunWait("c:\Win2k_Updates\install.bat", "", @SW_HIDE)

sleep(5000)
DirRemove("c:\Win2k_Updates", 1)

This will pause execution of the script until the installation is complete, then continue on with "Sleep()" and "DirRemove"

[BigDod]

Try

DirCopy("\\192.168.1.28\d$\AutoIT-Scripts\Win2k_Updates", "c:\Win2k_Updates")

$prog = FileGetShortName("c:\Win2k_Updates\install.bat")
Run($prog)

ProcessWaitClose("install.bat")
sleep(5000)
DirRemove("c:\Win2k_Updates", 1)

[PsaltyDS]

b1t5tR3@m,

I love your avitar...

Do you set a different one on GOOD days?

Edited April 12, 2006 by PsaltyDS

[CyberSlug]

I think the problem in your original script is the assumption in the line ProcessWaitClose("install.bat")

When a batch file is run, cmd.exe is what appears in the Task Manager's process list--not the name of the bat file. As other people have shown, RunWait is the command you are looking for

Would it be possible to get rid of the batch file and use built-in AutoIt commands?

Also, using FileChangeDir sometimes works better:

FileChangeDir("C:\Win2k_Updates")
RunWait("install.bat","",@SW_HIDE)
MsgBox(0,"Debug","Program is done!")

Edited April 12, 2006 by CyberSlug

[b1t5tR3@m]

@PsaltyDS

That's my "Whilst debugging code...." Avatar; and that IS on a good day.

[neo van matix]

I've found an easier way ^^.

I created an SFX archiv with WinRar, witch runs after extraction the included install.bat.

The sfx will be opend trough a autoit-script, which waits to close until the install.bat finished.

Its a little bit complicated, and my bad english will not help u to understand, what i want to do *g*. I write a little installscript, which installs 10-20 autom. Installations. After 1 Program was installed, i force a reboot.

As long as the autoit-script is open, nothing happens. 10 Seconds after the autoit-script finished, the script forces a reboot. After boot, the main installer-script starts again... and continues with the next program.

Hm, unimportant... ^^

[alaa777]

ShellExecute("install.bat","","c:Win2k_Updates")

Edited May 5, 2013 by alaa777

[mikell]

7 years later ... nice exhumation

[JLogan3o13]

alaa777, as mikell alluded to, please do not resurrect a 7 year old thread just to make a comment. As the OP has not been active in nearly 2 years, it is unlikely that

A: he is still looking to update Windows 2000

B: he will benefit from your advice anyway.

[Bert]

Well, his action did get nominated for a zombie thread award...