If Process exist, start *command* , batch

[Crossy]

Hey!

I need a command which does something like this:

If process explorer.exe exist, echo explorer.exe is up and running, if not, start explorer.exe; echo explorer.exe is being started.

Cant find out how to tell cmd that I am after a process and not a file :/

Hope anyone can help!

Regards,

Crossy

Edited September 25, 2005 by Crossy

[Yzöwl]

You could probably use something like this in vb script:

sComputer = "."

Set oWmi = GetObject("winmgmts:" _

  & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _

  & sComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colProcessList = oWmi.ExecQuery _

  ("Select Name from Win32_Process Where Name = 'MyFile.exe'")

If colProcessList.Count = 0 Then

  Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

  MsgBox "MyFile is being started"

  oShell.Run """X:\Path To\MyDir\MyFile.exe""",,True

Else

  MsgBox "MyFile is already running!"

End If

Just change the red stuff to suit your specific application /process.