Batch file help please

[Batch User]

Does anyone know anything about batch files? I'm trying to make one that will close firefox and then open it again. I can get it to start firefox again, but I've been looking around for a way to close it, but I can't get any of it to work.

All help appreciated!

Thanks!

[gunsmokingman]

Try This

@Echo Off
CLS
start /w taskkill /F /IM PLACE_THE_NAME_OF_APP_HERE
:: Stops The Script For Approx 5 Seconds Then Restart The App
ping -n 5 127.0.0.1>nul
start PLACE_THE_NAME_OF_APP_HERE

Edited November 24, 2006 by gunsmokingman

[Yzöwl]

Since everyone tends to have cmdow.exe, but rarely uses any of its features, I thought I'd produce an alternative method for you!

@CMDOW @ /HID &FOR /F %%? IN ('CMDOW /T /B ^|FIND /I "FIREFOX"') DO (IF ERRORLEVEL 0 (CMDOW %%? /END &&(PING -n 6 LOCALHOST &CMDOW /RUN FIREFOX)))

This code should all be pasted onto a single line of your batch file.

For those of you not already in posession of the cmdow utility, you can download it directly here and read more here.

[Batch User]

Hmm... what is the taskkill thing? Is it an exe in system32 or something? I searched my computer for that and it wasn't there, maybe I'm missing it or something...

[quijibo]

Taskkill was implemented in Windows XP. If you're running an older OS, download pskill in it's place. If you drop pskill into your %WINDIR% the code of line three would be:

pskill firefox

If you put pskill in the same directory as the batch file the syntax of line three would be:

.\pskill firefox

I've found pskill to be more powerful than taskkill at killing some apps.

Edited November 25, 2006 by quijibo

[DJPro]

Taskkill.exe is indeed in system32. Although in WIN XP PRO.

Maybe you have the home edition and there it's called tskill.exe