Script to query if process is running

[glennda]

Need a script which can query if a process is running (in this case mstsc.exe) and if not then start it - i've used the filter on tasklist before but i can't qgrep on windows 7 as it doesn't work with it.

tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq mstsc.exe" | qgrep mstsc.exe
if ERRORLEVEL 1 (start mstsc.exe C:\rdpfile\studentterminalserver.RDP /f /public) ELSE (goto:EOF)

anybody got another script which will do the same? maybe powershell?

its going to be run on a windows thin pc.

[Steve21]

Just doing it like this "should" work, but might want to test it

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject ("WScript.Shell")
set service = GetObject ("winmgmts:")
pFound = False

for each Process in Service.InstancesOf ("Win32_Process")
	If Process.Name = "mstsc.exe" then
          pFound = True
	End If
next

If pFound = False then
WshShell.Run ("pathblahblah")
end if

Steve

[glennda]

it doesn't work! just errors!

[Steve21]

it doesn't work! just errors!

Care to expand? :P On what? Error message?

Steve

[glennda]

the error is expected end on line 14 but if you put end on the end it then is expecting if

[Steve21]

You sure it copied right? No error here. And you don't even have a line 14 on my script Can you paste what you're using.

Steve

[mattx]

Autoit:

If ProcessExists("notepad.exe") Then
    MsgBox(0, "Example", "Notepad is running.")
EndIf

[PiqueABoo]

Assuming it exists, you can just use find for the same effect e.g.

tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq mstsc.exe" | find /I "mstsc.exe"
if ERRORLEVEL 1 (start mstsc.exe C:\rdpfile\studentterminalserver.RDP /f /public) ELSE (goto:EOF)

There's also findstr that would work, albeit with another switch in front of the search string to say it's a literal.

[glennda]

You sure it copied right? No error here. And you don't even have a line 14 on my script Can you paste what you're using.

Steve

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject ("WScript.Shell")
set service = GetObject ("winmgmts:")
pFound = False

for each Process in Service.InstancesOf ("Win32_Process")
	If Process.Name = "mstsc.exe" then
          pFound = True
	End If
next

If pFound = False then
WshShell.Run ("mstsc.exe C:\rdpfile\studentterminalserver.rdp /f /public")

[Steve21]

You're missing the endif

If pFound = False then
WshShell.Run ("mstsc.exe C:\rdpfile\studentterminalserver.rdp /f /public")

Should be:

If pFound = False then
WshShell.Run ("mstsc.exe C:\rdpfile\studentterminalserver.rdp /f /public")
End If

Can you try that?

Steve

[glennda]

You're missing the endif

If pFound = False then
WshShell.Run ("mstsc.exe C:\rdpfile\studentterminalserver.rdp /f /public")

Should be:

If pFound = False then
WshShell.Run ("mstsc.exe C:\rdpfile\studentterminalserver.rdp /f /public")
End If

Can you try that?

Steve

may bad - that works!

[Steve21]

Shiny shinies

Steve