Using sleep instead of /wait

[MAVERICKS CHOICE]

Bit late in the post but I can confirm if interested? Sleep.exe can certainly use three digits eg Sleep 120

Cheers

MC.

[Klintan]

Hi

I've the same problem with some installers. You start with a setup.exe and after a short wile you get the command prompt back again and the installer is still running (This because the installer have created another process and ended the original). My solution is more general.

Create a script that monitors a installer process. Then create a batch script like this.

Example from when installing MSDN

@setup.exe

@Cscript wait.vbs 001msdn.exe

--wait.vbs---

Option Explicit

'On Error Resume Next

Dim bCheck, quitCode, colItems, objItem, objWMIService, strComputer, sArg1

strComputer = "."

If WScript.Arguments.Count > 0 Then

sArg1 = WScript.Arguments(0)

Else

WScript.Echo "Enter <program.exe> as parameter"

WScript.Quit 1

End If

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

WScript.Sleep 5000

quitCode = 2 'No program.exe found

Do

bCheck = False

Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Process Where Caption='" & LCase(sArg1) & "'",,48)

For Each objItem in colItems

quitCode = 0

bCheck = True

WScript.Sleep 1000

Exit For

Next

Loop While bCheck

WScript.Quit quitCode

----

[muiz]

How do i use sleep.exe from RunOnce ?

[ajua]

How do i use sleep.exe from RunOnce ?

you have two options for using sleep.exe in runonceex:

1) copy it to system32 and just call it sleep.exe XX in your cmd files

2) use it along with your setup files are and call it as above, but you have to have sleep.exe where every cmd file is.

[CoffeeFiend]

[edit] post before mine just got deleted, please delete this one too...

Edited November 14, 2008 by crahak