Running background processes

[Robert S]

I posted a question a few days ago about getting a program to run
continously in the background. I was advised to start the program as a
scheduled task when the computer boots up. Initially this seemed to work
very well.

Unfortunately the program is a bit flakey and occasionally stops running.
Can somebody advise a way that it could be checked and restarted if it dies?
Its not *absolutely* critical that it runs all the time, so an hourly check
would be OK.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I posted a question a few days ago about getting a program to run
continously in the background. I was advised to start the program as a
scheduled task when the computer boots up. Initially this seemed to work
very well.

Unfortunately the program is a bit flakey and occasionally stops running.
Can somebody advise a way that it could be checked and restarted if it dies?
Its not *absolutely* critical that it runs all the time, so an hourly check
would be OK.

You can use the Task Scheduler to run this batch file once every hour:

@echo off
tasklist | find /i "Flakey Program.exe" && goto :eof
"c:\Program Files\Some Folder\Flakey Program.exe"

 

[Robert S]

You can use the Task Scheduler to run this batch file once every hour:

@echo off
tasklist | find /i "Flakey Program.exe" && goto :eof
"c:\Program Files\Some Folder\Flakey Program.exe"

Excellent.

Actually - I just realised that the task was only set to run for 72 hours
(the default setting). That's why it stopped after a few days.

I think I'll use your script to check that its running anyway.