Run one software after another

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PeterH

I want to manage the scanning of my PC better.

I like to run Adaware followed by Spybot followed by Trend Micro Virus
Scanner.

Is there a way I can do this in one go without having to wait for one to
stop before I manually start the next one?

I need a routine or freeware that starts Adaware and when it finishes it
starts Spybot
etc. all at the single (or double)-click of the mouse.

thanks

Peter
 
I want to manage the scanning of my PC better.

I like to run Adaware followed by Spybot followed by Trend Micro Virus
Scanner.

Is there a way I can do this in one go without having to wait for one to
stop before I manually start the next one?

I need a routine or freeware that starts Adaware and when it finishes it
starts Spybot
etc. all at the single (or double)-click of the mouse.

thanks

Peter
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Write a batch file.

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Regards,
Nicolaas.


- We are worthy of only as much respect as we are prepared to give others.
 
Write a batch file.
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Is there a commandline to execute each of these utilities?

It seems a program that records clicks is required, since each utility
requires several clicks, GUI-wise anyway.
 
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:34:50 GMT, PeterH wrote:

[Suggestion: Batch file]
How?
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Depends on your system. On Win2k or WinXP this RunAVir.bat should do fine:

start /wait c:\YourDir\Ad-Aware.exe
c:\YourDir2\tm.exe

You have to customize it to your special setup (Drive, Path, and the name
of TrendMicro scanner, which I don't use).

There lots of other possibilities.

BeAr
 
PeterH said:
I want to manage the scanning of my PC better.

I like to run Adaware followed by Spybot followed by Trend Micro Virus
Scanner.

Is there a way I can do this in one go without having to wait for one to
stop before I manually start the next one?

I need a routine or freeware that starts Adaware and when it finishes it
starts Spybot
etc. all at the single (or double)-click of the mouse.

thanks

Peter
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I have found that Ad-aware and Spybot will run together - no need to wait
for one to finish. I also run one or two other small scanning programs at
the same time. I do not use Trend MVS, so do not know if this would work at
the same time as Spybot, but you could try it.

===

Frank Bohan
¶ Men are like placemats: They only show up when there's food on the table.
 
I have found that Ad-aware and Spybot will run together - no need to wait
for one to finish. I also run one or two other small scanning programs at
the same time. I do not use Trend MVS, so do not know if this would work at
the same time as Spybot, but you could try it.
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These sorts of programs (Ad-aware and Spybot and virus checkers) are
very heavy on hard disk access - i.e. constantly reading the drive
going through all the files on it. Each program would no doubt be
trying to accessing different parts of the drive at the same time?

How would this affect the life of the hard drive? Would it not be
better to let one finish before starting another program that needs
high disk activity?

Just a thought ;-)
 
thanks I'll try that option.

PeterH


Frank Bohan said:
I have found that Ad-aware and Spybot will run together - no need to wait
for one to finish. I also run one or two other small scanning programs at
the same time. I do not use Trend MVS, so do not know if this would work at
the same time as Spybot, but you could try it.

===

Frank Bohan
¶ Men are like placemats: They only show up when there's food on the table.
Click to expand...
 
Is there a commandline to execute each of these utilities?

It seems a program that records clicks is required, since each utility
requires several clicks, GUI-wise anyway.
Click to expand...


if you do need to use mouse clicks then you could control the whole process
with autoit (www.autoit.com) or autohotkey (www.autohotkey.com)


jack
 
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