Ok so I'm trying to end Comodo (free firewall service) so that I can install NVidia driver updates, and since I'm super lazy I want this all to be automatic whenever NVidia tries to update. After I want to reopen Comodo.
However I'm stuck on the first step since I have no idea on how to properly end Comodo, when I try taskkill it says:
ERROR: The process "cis.exe" with PID 6204 could not be terminated.
Reason: Element not found.
I'm new to batch and have no idea what this error message means since I can clearly see that "cis.exe" (which is Comodo) is running in the background at least and I can close it from the icon tray if I wanted to, and it spits out the same message when I try using "CisTray.exe".
Also any advice on where I should go for the next few parts would be greatly appreciated, thinking on using task scheduler to open the batch file when some kind of log or something is made by NVidia.
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I am trying to create a scheduled task to run a batch file. I know that my batch file runs fine, because I have no problem running it manually. However, when the task calls it, it says that it's running, but it's not. The reason I know that it's not running is because it calls a python script, and the python script sends an email saying that the process has started. And I'm not receiving that email.The python process doesn't take too long (maybe 5 minutes at most), and the task keeps saying that it's "Running" after an hour.
I have the current settings with "Run whether user is logged on or not" (doesn't seem to work at all if I have it as "Run only when user us logged on", because the status never changes from "Ready" even if I tell it to run). I also have the setting with "Run with highest privileges", and just the name of the batch file under "Program/script" and the path to the batch file under "Start in". I also want to note, that I have the user account as "DOMAIN\Administrator".
However, I've tried other ways of calling it. I've tried putting the entire path with the batch file under "Program/script" (G:\GOM3_Update\FeatureServices\copies\test.bat), or putting the path to the python program, and then putting the path to the python script as an argument, but that doesn't seem to work either.
I'm not sure if this issue is caused by some major security settings with windows 10, or something minor in the task scheduler settings.
Here are my current settings:
Full path of the Start in is: "G:\GOM3_Update\FeatureServices\copies\"
The batch file:
"C:\Users\Administrator.DOMAIN\AppData\Local\ESRI\conda\envs\arcgispro-py3-clone\python.exe" "G:\GOM3_Update\FeatureServices\copies\database.py"
I would include a full path to batch file here:
From my personal experience it is usually the environment problem, aka things like current working directory etc..
Also, make sure to click the refresh button in the right pane of Task Scheduler because it is known for not updating the status of task unless you manually refresh. You may see it change from 'running' to 'ready' sooner if you do that.
The reason why I feel like your screen is not refreshing is because normally Task Scheduler does not allow any scheduled task to execute for longer that 1 hour and you said yours was still saying 'running' after an hour.
What does the exit code and messages say under tasks history?
Exit code 0 means no errors captured by Task Scheduler.
Another idea is to log the start of batch script (inside batch) to a log file before you do anything. And do the same for python file. This will help you narrow down the problem.
I struggled with this one also a lot, changing the User Account
AND Group. User Account alone was not enough for me.
This helped for me:
And then clicking on the Locations...you'll have to choose "WINSTADM"
I have a SAS code which works flawlessly when I first open the program and run the code interactively. However, if I try to run it as a batch file or execute it from the command prompt using the -sysin option, it doesn't run and I don't know why.
Part of the reason might be that when I run SAS, I receive this dialog box which I need to manually close:
Screencap 1
When I try to choose the option "Do not show this dialog box again" it doesn't work, and it shows the dialog every time I open SAS. This may be because my registry and profile files are corrupted:
Screencap2
Would this be the reason why? If I run the program interactively after closing the dialog box, the program run just fine. I tried to follow some steps to repair the registry and profile files, but it didn't work. Is that what I should focus on, or is there likely another reason it won't run in batch?
Thanks for your input!
edit: I was able to get the program to run from the batch file, but I get the following errors about permissions in the log file:
ERROR: Insufficient authorization to access //destinationonselecteddrive
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINTTO used (Total process time):
real time 0.01 seconds
cpu time 0.00 seconds
I do not have these issues with insufficient authorization when I run the program interactively, only in batch mode. Could it be a metadata issue?
You have to check with which profile your batch is running. When run interactively it may (and it will normally) use a different profile than the one you are using while running interactively. That means different user and password. You can check in the management console (or ask your administrator to check).
It sounds most likely like there is a problem with the user profile. At my old job I ran into problem with the profile when I ran concurrent SAS sessions. I had to set my user profile to read only using the RSASUSER option (SAS instruction here). If that is not the issue try creating a new profile catalog in a new location and then adding the -SASUSER option with the new location (SAS info on how to do that).
For those who don't know what SCCM is, a little information, to understand better what i want to know. SCCM is an application, with you can deploy software packages. It is also possible to create a so called "Task Sequence". A Task sequence can contain multiple packages, which will be installed one after the other.
The Task Sequence execution occurs in Session 0. Of course the packages query some processes, if they are running. If they are, a window will pop up, to ask the user to close the application.
Here comes the problem. If an administrator deploys packages using task sequences (and they do), the users won't see the window, and won't close the required process. If the process is not closed, the script execution aborts.
I found this Link, and created a simple exe, according to the description. This simple exe is able to start a process from session 0 in session 1(or above), where the user is logged on(i know the security risks). So far so good, but how do i get the packages to display their windows? Obviously i could change the command line, so my exe will start the installation of every package, but this is not an option. There would be to much work.
The ideal solution would be if my exe would be the first in the task sequence, it would do "something" so the windows could be visible.
And that's where i am stuck.
Does anyone has any idea how i could achieve what i want?
Thanks in advance!
I have a play application on a Windows 7 machine which I want to start via double click on a batch file.
This batch file starts a service. Calls the play application to run in production mode, waits for 5 seconds and open a browser with a specified url.
Therefore I used the following script:
call net start service1
CALL "D:\play-1.2.5\play.bat" start --%%%%prod -Dprecompiled=true
TIMEOUT /T 4
call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" localhost:9000
exit
Now when I start the batch file the window opens and all commands are executed. Sadly Play is still writing his output to cmd and the window is not disappearing. If I close the window manually play is stop executing.
If I run play with "play start" from cmd, play is starting in the background and everything is fine. Play still runs even if I close the window.
I want to have exactly this behaviour when I start the application with my batch file.
Thanks
If you were using a linux-like environment, I' d recommend you to use 'nohup' command and a '&' sign in the end. However, as far as I know there is no direct equivalent of beautiful 'nohup' command on Windows, unfortunately. So, what I can think of is, you can create a tiny win api application that utilizes CreateProcess command and give it the required parameter to hide command line window as soon as the process is created. There are also other process creation functions such as WinExec that you can use to hide command line.
I don't know what Play is so I can only take a guess :) but try using the batch without the call's as I don't think they are necessary, and you never know, might fix the issue.
1) You see Play's output because ot redirect only system.out but write system.err to the same console.
2) I also have this problem and looking for a solution. As a workaround you could try to use some Java Wrapper and install your Play! application as a Windows Service.
3) Play! app could be started via Ant task. I haven't tried this yet.
I recently installed CodeBlocks with mingw32 on Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit in order to dust off my c skills, but this problem has me somewhat stumped.
I decided to fire off a short Fibonacci generator to make sure my setup was working, but I ran into a hurdle.
The program compiles, links and whatnot like a charm and I get a corresponding executable which runs as expected.
The problems occur if I try to compile again, then I get the following:
c:/codeblocks/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.4.1/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot open output file bin\Debug\Fibonacci.exe: Permission denied
I can't even edit the permissions of the generated executable.
I've checked the usual suspects:
Executable is verily not running.
Path to executable is read/writable to mingw32 (otherwise it wouldn't be able to build in the first place)
I'm not running cygwin in any shape or form.
And now for the funny bit: Usually after a few minutes, any executables generated by mingw32 which are displaying this Access Denied behaviour will automatically vanish without any intervention from me.
I've googled this somewhat, but most of the other results were either vague or inapplicable.
I wonder whether there is some Windows 7 security setting playing havoc with my .exe's, but I'm not that knowledgeable about Win 7 as to know where to begin searching.
Any one have any ideas?
I had exactly the same problem right after switching off some (in my opinion unneccessary) Windows services. It turned out that when I switched ON again the "Application Experience" everything resumed working fine.
May be you simply have to turn on this service? To switch ON Application Experience:
Click the Windows start buttonn.
In the box labeled "Search programs and files" type services.msc and click the search button. A new window with title "Services" opens.
Right click on "Application Experience" line and select "Properties" from popup menu.
Change Startup type to "Automatic (delayed start)".
Restart computer.
Application Experiences should prevent the problem in the future.
Your program is still running. You have to kill it by closing the command line window.
If you press control alt delete, task manager, process`s (kill the ones that match your filename).
If you think the executable is locked by a process, try Process Explorer from SysInternals. In the File/handle, enter Fibonacci.exe and you should see who holds the file.
If it is not enough, you can use Process Monitor (from SysInternals, again) to follow the activity of all processes on your system on Fibonacci.exe.
With a little bit of analysis (call stacks), you'll may find out why the access to the file is denied and what make it disappear.
Problem Cause :
The process of the current program is still running without interuption.
(This is the reason why you haven't got this issue after a restart)
The fix is simple :
Go to cmd and type the command taskkill -im process_name.exe -f
Eg:
taskkill -im demo.exe -f
here,
demo - is my program name
The Best solution is go to console in eclipse IDE and click the red button to terminate the program.
You will see the your program is running and output can be seen there. :) !!
I had the same behaviour, and fixed it by running Code::Blocks as administrator.
Open task manager -> Processes -> Click on .exe (Fibonacci.exe) -> End Process
if it doesn't work
Close eclipse IDE (or whatever IDE you use) and repeat step 1.
I had a similar problem. Using a freeware utility called Unlocker (version 1.9.2), I found that my antivirus software (Panda free) had left a hanging lock on the executable file even though it didn't detect any threat. Unlocker was able to unlock it.
Got the same issue. Read this. Disabled the antivirus software (mcaffee). Et voila
Confirmed by the antivirus log:
Blocked by Access Protection rule d:\mingw64\x86_64-w64-mingw32\bin\ld.exe d:\workspace\cpp\bar\foo.exe User-defined Rules:ctx3 Action blocked : Create
It may be your Antivirus Software.
In my case Malwarebytes was holding a handle on my program's executable:
Using Process Explorer to close the handle, or just disabling antivirus for a bit work just fine.
i experienced a similar issue. Bitdefender automatically quarantined each exe-file i created by MinGW g++. Instead of the full exe-file i found a file with a weird extension 'qzquar'
testAutoPtr1.exe.48352.gzquar
When i opened quarantined items in Bitdefender i found my exe-file quarantined there.
I got this error when using the Atom editor and mingw (through a package called gpp-compiler) for C++. Closing the open console window fixed my issue.