Windows 10 How check every x minutes if there is specific bat file in the folder, and execute if present

Neemobeer

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• Dec 7, 2017

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CMD/batch are going to be deprecated in the future you're better off using powershell.

If you're using a script to install the software you could do

Code:

install sofware....


:LOOP

IF EXIST PATHTODROPBOXDIRECTORY\reboot.bat (
shutdown /r /t 10 /c "Computer restarting to complete software install"
GOTO EXITLOOP
) ELSE (
TIMEOUT /T 300
GOTO :LOOP
)

:EXITLOOP
exit 0

 

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Neemobeer

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Powershell

Code:

$rebootScript = "PATHTODROPBOXDIRECTORY\reboot.bat"

WHILE($true)
{
    IF(Test-Path -Path $rebootScript)
    {
        Start-Process -Path $rebootScript
        break
    } ELSE
    {
        Start-Sleep -Seconds 300
    }
}

 

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yugo23

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Neemobeer said:

CMD/batch are going to be deprecated in the future you're better off using powershell.

If you're using a script to install the software you could do

Code:

install sofware....


:LOOP

IF EXIST PATHTODROPBOXDIRECTORY\reboot.bat (
shutdown /r /t 10 /c "Computer restarting to complete software install"
GOTO EXITLOOP
) ELSE (
TIMEOUT /T 300
GOTO :LOOP
)

:EXITLOOP
exit 0

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This restarts PC if reboot.bat is already in dropbox folder. If I add reboot.bat during countdown nothing happens, window just closes after 300 seconds, it doesn't loop?

 

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Neemobeer

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This script would look for that file and if found kick off a restart. If you would rather have it launch the reboot.bat then replace the shutdown line with START PATHTO\reboot.bat

You'd probably be better of just forcing a reboot after the install, if you have systems in use include the /c flag to notify users of system reboot

 

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yugo23

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I missed :loop when copying, works great now. The only problem is different path to Dropbox folder depending on usernames. Or I could install dropbox to C:\dropbox for example.

 

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Neemobeer

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IF EXIST C:\Users\%username%\REST\OF\DROPBOX\PATH

%username% will expand to the logged in username

 

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