Batch File to check if program is running

That's what it will do if the process is already running. You have to enter a process that isn't running. Here's a version that will print out debugging information and will pause. You must be double clicking on the batch processing. I like to test in an open cmd window.

@echo off

setlocal

set exeName=%~1

if "%~1"=="" set /p exeName=Enter program name to check:

if "%exeName%"=="" echo Processing aborted&pause&goto :EOF

call :GETNAME "%exeName%"

set found=

for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('tasklist ^| findstr /i "%fileName%"') do set found=Y

echo exeName=%exeName%
echo fileName=%fileName%
echo found=%found%

if "%found%"=="Y" echo Process is running&pause&goto :EOF

echo Running %exeName%

start "%exeName%"

pause

goto :EOF

:GETNAME

set fileName=%~nx1

goto :EOF