check if a specific .exe - process is running or not from a specific location..?

[cypher175]

How could I code an AutoIt app to check if a specific .exe - process is running or not from a specific location and if its not found running then have it get executed..

like:

If D:\desktop\notepad.exe is not found running then execute D:\desktop\notepad.exe

and have this autoit app run on a infinite loop checking every 10 Seconds to see if D:\desktop\notepad.exe is found running or not

so it can execute it if its not found running..

Edited June 30, 2008 by cypher175

[d4rk]

You can simply check if a program is running ,

Ex : ProcessExist(), WinExist()

While 1
if ProcessExist("Notepad","") then
msgbox(64,"","Found")
endif
sleep(10000)
Wend

[SmOke_N]

  cypher175 said:

How could I code an AutoIt app to check if a specific .exe - process is running or not from a specific location and if its not found running then have it get executed..

like:

If D:\desktop\notepad.exe is not found running then execute D:\desktop\notepad.exe

and have this autoit app run on a infinite loop checking every 10 Seconds to see if D:\desktop\notepad.exe is found running or not

so it can execute it if its not found running..

If the process can be running more than once (like notepad).

ProcessList()

Enum through the list and check their path with _ProcessGetPath() and an If/Then conditional statement... ie:

Local $b_true_path = False
Local $a_pl = ProcessList("notepad.exe")
For $i = 1 To $a_pl[0][0]
    If _ProcessGetPath($a_pl[$i][1]) = "Location" Then
        $b_true_path = True
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
Next

If Not $b_true_Path Then Run("Location\exe")

Find a _ProcessGetPath here: http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...st&p=532206

Or here:

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...ssGetPath\

[cypher175]

ok im tring that code with 2 of the same calc.exe files. i just copied one over to a new directory at c:\calc\calc.exe

i executed c:\windows\system32\calc.exe first and left it open while i tested your autoit code you provided me.

but nothing happen though.. C:\calc\calc.exe didn't even get executed...??

and I also get this error when i check the "SyntaxCheck Prod"

(4,36) : ERROR: _ProcessGetPath(): undefined function.

If _ProcessGetPath($a_pl[$i][1])

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^

My AutoIt Code..

Local $b_true_path = False
Local $a_pl = ProcessList("calc.exe")
For $i = 1 To $a_pl[0][0]
    If _ProcessGetPath($a_pl[$i][1]) = "C:\calc" Then
        $b_true_path = True
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
Next

If Not $b_true_Path Then Run("C:\calc\calc.exe")

[SmOke_N]

  cypher175 said:

ok im tring that code with 2 of the same calc.exe files. i just copied one over to a new directory at c:\calc\calc.exe

i executed c:\windows\system32\calc.exe first and left it open while i tested your autoit code you provided me.

but nothing happen though.. C:\calc\calc.exe didn't even get executed...??

and I also get this error when i check the "SyntaxCheck Prod"

(4,36) : ERROR: _ProcessGetPath(): undefined function.

If _ProcessGetPath($a_pl[$i][1])

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^

My AutoIt Code..

Local $b_true_path = False
Local $a_pl = ProcessList("calc.exe")
For $i = 1 To $a_pl[0][0]
    If _ProcessGetPath($a_pl[$i][1]) = "C:\calc" Then
        $b_true_path = True
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
Next

If Not $b_true_Path Then Run("C:\calc\calc.exe")

You have = "C:\calc" ... probably should be: "C:\calc\calc.exe" or @SystemDir & "\Calc.exe" ?

Edit:

Ahh... didn't even look at the error.

I sent you to the link to get the _ProcessGetPath() function, did you forget to put that in there?

Edited July 1, 2008 by SmOke_N

[cypher175]

are you talking about this..??

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$sAutoItProcList = _GetAutoItProcList()

ConsoleWrite($sAutoItProcList)

Func _GetAutoItProcList()
    Local $aProcList = ProcessList()
    Local $sRet_List = "", $sProc_Path = ""
   
    For $i = 1 To UBound($aProcList)-1
        $sProc_Path = _ProcessGetPath($aProcList[$i][1])
       
        If StringInStr(FileGetVersion($sProc_Path, "CompiledScript"), "AutoIt") Then $sRet_List &= $aProcList[$i][0] & @CRLF
    Next
   
    Return StringStripWS($sRet_List, 3)
EndFunc

Func _ProcessGetPath($vProcess)
    Local $iPID = ProcessExists($vProcess)
    If Not $iPID Then Return SetError(1, 0, -1)
   
    Local $aProc = DllCall('kernel32.dll', 'hwnd', 'OpenProcess', 'int', BitOR(0x0400, 0x0010), 'int', 0, 'int', $iPID)
    If Not IsArray($aProc) Or Not $aProc[0] Then Return SetError(2, 0, -1)
   
    Local $vStruct = DllStructCreate('int[1024]')
   
    Local $hPsapi_Dll = DllOpen('Psapi.dll')
    If $hPsapi_Dll = -1 Then $hPsapi_Dll = DllOpen(@SystemDir & '\Psapi.dll')
    If $hPsapi_Dll = -1 Then $hPsapi_Dll = DllOpen(@WindowsDir & '\Psapi.dll')
    If $hPsapi_Dll = -1 Then Return SetError(3, 0, '')
   
    DllCall($hPsapi_Dll, 'int', 'EnumProcessModules', _
        'hwnd', $aProc[0], _
        'ptr', DllStructGetPtr($vStruct), _
        'int', DllStructGetSize($vStruct), _
        'int_ptr', 0)
    Local $aRet = DllCall($hPsapi_Dll, 'int', 'GetModuleFileNameEx', _
        'hwnd', $aProc[0], _
        'int', DllStructGetData($vStruct, 1), _
        'str', '', _
        'int', 2048)
   
    DllClose($hPsapi_Dll)
   
    If Not IsArray($aRet) Or StringLen($aRet[3]) = 0 Then Return SetError(4, 0, '')
    Return $aRet[3]
EndFunc

[SmOke_N]

This runs fine:

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Local $b_true_path = False
Local $a_pl = ProcessList("calc.exe")
For $i = 1 To $a_pl[0][0]
    If _ProcessGetPath($a_pl[$i][1]) = @DesktopDir & "\calc.exe" Then
        $b_true_path = True
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
Next

If Not $b_true_Path Then Run('"' & @DesktopDir & "\calc.exe" & '"')

Func _ProcessGetPath($vProcess)
    Local $iPID = ProcessExists($vProcess)
    If Not $iPID Then Return SetError(1, 0, -1)
   
    Local $aProc = DllCall('kernel32.dll', 'hwnd', 'OpenProcess', 'int', BitOR(0x0400, 0x0010), 'int', 0, 'int', $iPID)
    If Not IsArray($aProc) Or Not $aProc[0] Then Return SetError(2, 0, -1)
   
    Local $vStruct = DllStructCreate('int[1024]')
   
    Local $hPsapi_Dll = DllOpen('Psapi.dll')
    If $hPsapi_Dll = -1 Then $hPsapi_Dll = DllOpen(@SystemDir & '\Psapi.dll')
    If $hPsapi_Dll = -1 Then $hPsapi_Dll = DllOpen(@WindowsDir & '\Psapi.dll')
    If $hPsapi_Dll = -1 Then Return SetError(3, 0, '')
   
    DllCall($hPsapi_Dll, 'int', 'EnumProcessModules', _
        'hwnd', $aProc[0], _
        'ptr', DllStructGetPtr($vStruct), _
        'int', DllStructGetSize($vStruct), _
        'ptr', 0)
    Local $aRet = DllCall($hPsapi_Dll, 'int', 'GetModuleFileNameEx', _
        'hwnd', $aProc[0], _
        'int', DllStructGetData($vStruct, 1), _
        'str', '', _
        'int', 2048)
   
    DllClose($hPsapi_Dll)
   
    If Not IsArray($aRet) Or StringLen($aRet[3]) = 0 Then Return SetError(4, 0, '')
    Return $aRet[3]
EndFunc

(I put the function I sent you to there above, you should be able to copy and paste it... I copied calc.exe to my desktop ran the one from the system directory and it opened the one from my desktop as it should)