Question

WSH error: cannot find the file specified. What am I doing wrong?

Asked by: mcooper13

Hey guys,

I'm having an issue with a script I've been working on that watches a folder for new files and then sends an e-mail when it finds a new file. It works perfectly when run manually from the command prompt or when scheduled in windows task scheduler. However, there are about 30 people in the office who each have a folder that needs to be watched so they can be notified when a new file is added to the folder. Since I'd prefer not to have to schedule the script for each of the folders 30 times, I wrote what I thought would be a simple batch file to launch the script for each user that could then be scheduled in the task scheduler. The batch file, launches the folder watching script without a hitch, but once a new file is added to the folder being watched I get the following error from the windows script host:

Script: G:\faxes\Fax Notify\user1\folderWatcher.vbs
Line: 18
Char: 5
Error: The system cannot find the file specified.
Code: 80070002
Source: (null)

Here are the other relevant script files:
folderWatcher.vbs:
'This script watches a folder and then runs the faxNotify program when a new file is found

Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

strComputer = "."

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

Set colMonitoredEvents = objWMIService.ExecNotificationQuery _
    ("SELECT * FROM __InstanceCreationEvent WITHIN 10 WHERE " _
        & "Targetinstance ISA 'CIM_DirectoryContainsFile' and " _
            & "TargetInstance.GroupComponent= " _
                & "'Win32_Directory.Name=""G:\\\\faxes\\\\eugenem""'")
            'modify the folder name to match the directory being watched

Do
    Set objLatestEvent = colMonitoredEvents.NextEvent
    objShell.Run("faxNotify.bat ")
Loop

runFolderWatcher.bat - Batch file that launches the folderWatcher program for each user:
start wscript "G:\faxes\Fax Notify\user1\folderWatcher.vbs"
start wscript "G:\faxes\Fax Notify\user2\folderWatcher.vbs"
start wscript "G:\faxes\Fax Notify\user3\folderWatcher.vbs"
start wscript "G:\faxes\Fax Notify\user4\folderWatcher.vbs"

The faxNotify.bat file is in the same folder as folderWatcher.vbs. When run manually from the command prompt or scheduled in the task scheduler it works perfectly. I've tried hard-coding the path of the faxNotify.bat file in the folderWatcher.vbs file and get the same error. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Thanks.

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Asked On
2009-08-10 at 10:34:06ID24640673
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WSH

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80070002

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folder watch

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VB Script

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Windows Batch Scripting

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Answers

 

by: keith_alabasterPosted on 2009-08-10 at 10:46:59ID: 25062179

Wondering whether the script does not like the space in 'fax notify'.

 

by: mcooper13Posted on 2009-08-10 at 10:56:58ID: 25062274

I removed the space in the folder so that it's now FaxNotify. I also tried removing the space after faxNotify.bat on the 18th line of folderWatcher.vbs. Unfortunately, neither helped. I'm still getting the same error.

 

by: jkrPosted on 2009-08-10 at 11:38:33ID: 25062644

Try to specify a full path for the batch file in

Do
    Set objLatestEvent = colMonitoredEvents.NextEvent
    objShell.Run("faxNotify.bat")
Loop

and also remove the trailing blank in

    objShell.Run("faxNotify.bat ") <---- that one

Even if ""faxNotify.bat" exists, "faxNotify.bat " might not.

 

by: mcooper13Posted on 2009-08-10 at 12:01:42ID: 25062909

Thank you both.

After trying what you suggested, jkr, I didn't get the usual error listed above. Instead, everything ran normally until I got the following message from the Windows Script Host: Can not find script file "G:\faxes\Fax Notify\eugene\folderWatcher.vbs".

No email was sent when a test file was added to the folder being watched. The strange thing about the error is that it shouldn't be able to find "G:\faxes\Fax Notify\eugene\folderWatcher.vbs" because Fax Notify has been changed to FaxNotify based on keith's earlier suggestion. However, I also updated the relevant files for this change:

Do
    Set objLatestEvent = colMonitoredEvents.NextEvent
    objShell.Run("D:\Imagestorage\cases\WorkDocuments\faxes\FaxNotify\eugenem\faxNotify.bat")
Loop

So I don't understand why it was looking for 'Fax Notify' folder in the first place. The batch file that launches the script was also updated:

start wscript "G:\faxes\FaxNotify\eugenem\folderWatcher.vbs"

 

by: mcooper13Posted on 2009-08-10 at 14:06:26ID: 25064070

Update:

At the moment, the files look like this:

folderWatcher.vbs:
'This script watches a folder and then fires off the faxNotify program when a new file is detected

Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

strComputer = "."

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

Set colMonitoredEvents = objWMIService.ExecNotificationQuery _
    ("SELECT * FROM __InstanceCreationEvent WITHIN 10 WHERE " _
        & "Targetinstance ISA 'CIM_DirectoryContainsFile' and " _
            & "TargetInstance.GroupComponent= " _
                & "'Win32_Directory.Name=""G:\\\\faxes\\\\eugenem""'")
            'modify the folder name to match the directory being watched

Do
    Set objLatestEvent = colMonitoredEvents.NextEvent
    objShell.Run("G:\faxes\FaxNotify\eugenem\faxNotify.bat")
Loop

runFolderWatcher.bat:
start wscript "G:\faxes\FaxNotify\eugenem\folderWatcher.vbs"

When runFolderWatcher.bat is started from the cmd prompt, it starts running and an instance of wscript.exe shows up in the task manager. Once a file is added to the folder being watched, a window flashes on the screen for an instant. Normally, this is the bat file that sends the email, however, it doesn't remain on screen long enough for me to read anything and no email is sent. The way the files are now, everything works when started manually (i.e., without the runFolderWatcher.bat), and when a file is added to the folder being watched the appropriate notification email is sent. This leads me to believe that the issue is the runFolderWatcher.bat file, but I don't know what that issue might be. Any thoughts or ideas on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

by: RobSampsonPosted on 2009-08-10 at 20:40:24ID: 25066025

Try changing
objShell.Run("G:\faxes\FaxNotify\eugenem\faxNotify.bat")

to
objShell.Run("cmd /k G:\faxes\FaxNotify\eugenem\faxNotify.bat")

This way, the batch file will stay open and you should be able to see any output.

Regards,

Rob.

 

by: mcooper13Posted on 2009-08-11 at 06:24:27ID: 25068707

Thanks for that tip, Rob. It led me to the solution. The problem was that the batch file was running from the FaxNotify folder instead instead of the user's folder and the mailsend program that the batch file was looking for was in the user's folder. Moving the mailsend program to the FaxNotify folder fixed the issue. Thanks again!

 

by: mcooper13Posted on 2009-08-11 at 06:26:28ID: 31613819

Thanks, again!

 

by: RobSampsonPosted on 2009-08-11 at 15:58:58ID: 25074320

Great!  Glad you solved it. Thanks for the grade.

Regards,

Rob.

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