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Perfect! &nbsp;Exactly the fix i needed. &nbsp;Thanks!
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Perfect!  Exactly the fix i needed.  Thanks!

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You're welcome - I'm glad I could help.<br />
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Have a nice day,<br />
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best regards,<br />
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ZOPPO
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You're welcome - I'm glad I could help.

Have a nice day,

best regards,

ZOPPO

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I am trying to create a batch to run a program for a specific length of time, then kill the program and restart it. &nbsp;My batch file so far is:<br />
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:start<br />
taskkill /f /im pandora.exe &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (if pgm running, kill it)<br />
ping -n 10 -w 1000 127.0.0.1 &gt;&nbsp;nul &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (wait a specified time before restarting)<br />
c:\progra~1\pandora\pandor<wbr />a.exe &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (starts or restarts the program)<br />
ping -n 10 -w 1000 127.0.0.1 &gt;&nbsp;nul &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (wait a specified time then loop the batch file)<br />
goto start<br />
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The batch file works fine until it starts the program. &nbsp;The program runs fine, but never goes to the next line in the batch file to start the timer to begin the loop to stop the program again.<br />
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Any ideas?
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I am trying to create a batch to run a program for a specific length of time, then kill the program and restart it.  My batch file so far is:

:start
taskkill /f /im pandora.exe                                   (if pgm running, kill it)
ping -n 10 -w 1000 127.0.0.1 > nul                     (wait a specified time before restarting)
c:\progra~1\pandora\pandora.exe                     (starts or restarts the program)
ping -n 10 -w 1000 127.0.0.1 > nul                     (wait a specified time then loop the batch file)
goto start

The batch file works fine until it starts the program.  The program runs fine, but never goes to the next line in the batch file to start the timer to begin the loop to stop the program again.

Any ideas?

Help with Batch File to run a program for a specific length of time

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