How to prevent restart ?

[Ontrack16]

I use AutoIT mainly for running several installation programs one after the other.

Some of the installation programs have the "unpleasant" habit to ask user to reboot the computer.

Example : I make a program to run setup1.exe, then setup2.exe then ...

When setup1.exe is at its' end, it tell the user to reboot the computer.

Which the user does.

Result : Not everything is installed.

Not everything has been installed (setup2.exe, ...)

Currently I just show a message box at the beginning, telling the user not to reboot even when it's asked for.

But I am looking for something better.

I tried by "detecting" the dialog box that tells the user to reboot (with autoinfo) without success.

Is there a way to detect that windows is trying to reboot, and prevent it ?

[NerdFencer]

Use ControlSend to uncheck the restart box, or find silent install commands to run the installer with (They usually don't try to restart)

[cheatera]

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...ic=88800&hl=

edit: run("shutdown.exe -a") the -a parameter, aborts system shutdown, restart etc /edit

Edited February 2, 2009 by cheatera