-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Help with new prog...
- From: "GuitarMan" <pctt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 02:02:32 -0500
Hey Drummer,
Long see, no time, my friend. :O)
I'm an old DOS head and I understand exatly what you're looking to do.
Unfortunately, I know of no way to force Windows (or the batch file) to wait
for one task to complete before moving onto the next. However, I remember
seeing a small program that does exactly that. It executes one line at a
time and waits for one to finish before moving onto the next. You could set
it up to run the defrag and then the 'shutdown' batch file. Then, create
another batch file to run this program. Instead of running the BAT file
you're trying to create, you'd just run the one that runs this program.
I'll wait to find out whether you're even interested in this program before
I go searching for it.
Peace,
GMan
PCTT Owner
----- Original Message -----
From: "Drummer" <drummers@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 9:01 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Help with new prog...
Hi
Been a while since I posted here.. Greetings...
This is slightly advanced stuff (although not terribly so..), so if you're
not familier with AutoExec.bat programs, you might not be interested in
this, or want to chance bothering with it...
I have a one line command to execute a rundll32 program that shuts my
computer down. I also have an icon on my desktop that I click, and my PC
goes thru the turn-off sequence... (All this really does is save me from
clicking thru the well known Windows 98 "Start-and-then-Shutdown" procedure,
but I like it....)
I also use a program called Power Defrag for ( what else?), defragging...
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Now, what I want to do, is set up an AutoExec.bat program (using Notepad)
that will first exe Power-Defrag, and then run the "shut-down" Rundll32
program... This will allow me to turn on the defrag at night via AutoExec
and then go off to bed, knowing that the PC will shut itself down after
defrag is completed...
What I need is some help with the coding lines for the new AutoExec.bat
program, as I am unfamiliar with how to execute other programs inside it...?
Here are the two independant commands, as they exist now, that I want to put
inside the new AutoExec.bat program....
" C:\Program Files\Power Defrag\PDefrag.exe " (runs Power Defrag...)
" C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL32.EXE user.exitWindows " (shuts PC off...)
Your help in telling me how to set these two lines up inside an AutoExec.bat
program will be greatly appreciated...
Thanks,
drummer
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