zeusabj Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 hey guys,I was just wondering if anyone knew of some documented way to "stop" or "cancel" ImageX wile it is in the middle of a capture job? There are times when i start a capture, see that it is going to take way too long and I just need the ability to stop the whole process. I've tried hitting he ESC key (plus a few others) but nothing seems to affect it. I suppose I could always use the Task manager to kill it but I was hoping there might be a better way. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lasray Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 I had this problem too. Writing a little vbscript to look for and then stop the imagex process is one way of doing this. Its virtual the same as the task manager but you can run it from the command prompt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 I'm pretty sure you can Ctrl+C it... You'll lose your partially created WIM tho after you close it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamtheky Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 no alt+F4 action? suppose you could write a batch, but its essentially the same as the task manager route. taskkill /IM imagex.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeusabj Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 I'm pretty sure you can Ctrl+C it... You'll lose your partially created WIM tho after you close it.Something like this was what I was looking for. CTRL+C huh? I'll try that and report back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) no alt+F4 action? suppose you could write a batch, but its essentially the same as the task manager route. taskkill /IM imagex.exeALT+F4 isn't needed, you could just close the CMD box which will do the same thing. The problem is if you are booted into a PE and close that box you are basically done. You can't open a new one. So you'd have to reboot if you did this. imagex.exe doesn't have a GUI. If this was done (as I have done lol) you gotta reboot and start over.The taskkill (or you can even open taskmgr) is viable but only if you open a second command prompt in order to type that in. Since you execute imagex.exe via the first command prompt, you can't type anything else in until it is finished because it won't be back at the prompt yet. Edited February 6, 2009 by Tripredacus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamtheky Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 wow, i should really pay attention to which section the thread is posted under B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeusabj Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) IT WORKED Tripredacus!!! PERFECT! This was exactly what I was looking for, thanks! On a related note I have not had a chance to test it on an APPLY job. Will the same key combination abort ImageX when I am applying an image? This would be useful if I make a mistake and apply the wrong image or something... Edited February 6, 2009 by zeusabj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Yes it should also stop it during the apply. The difference is that you will still be left with files on the hard drive, unlike the capture process which will delete the file. So you are still going to have to format the drive again if you put the wrong image on it. Is your image time very long? My worst case scenario it would only take 4 minutes to image a machine, so if I used the wrong image I could easily redo it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now