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05 April 2008, 01:26 PM
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Windows Task Scheduler
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Is there a way of setting a scheduled task in Vista so that it checks to see if iTunes is running, and if so closes it down at a particular time ?
I use Allway Sync to replicate my files to another PC every night but its no point replicating a database file if the database is open. I dont suppose theres a hot backup mode for iTunes....
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Is there a way of setting a scheduled task in Vista so that it checks to see if iTunes is running, and if so closes it down at a particular time ?
I use Allway Sync to replicate my files to another PC every night but its no point replicating a database file if the database is open. I dont suppose theres a hot backup mode for iTunes....
Dave
07 April 2008, 04:04 PM
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save this as a vbs file, change outlook.exe to be whatever the name is and it should kill it for you.
David
Code:
strApp = "Outlook.exe"
Set objWMIService = GetObject ("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2")
wscript.echo "Checking " & strApp
Set colProcessList = objWMIService.ExecQuery ("Select * from Win32_Process where Name=" & "'" & strApp & "'")
For Each objProcess In colProcessList
wscript.echo "Killing " & strApp
objProcess.Terminate()
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07 April 2008, 10:43 PM
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Works a treat, but it comes up with a "checking" prompt and you have to click OK, and then a "killing" one. Can it be modded so that it just checks it and if its alive, it kills it silently, then displays a pop up box saying its either killed or was not present in the first place ?
Sorry, i am not after much am i......
Also, is there a way of doing task dependencies in Task Manager, so that if my iTuneskill.vbs script fails to kill the process, the sync process doesnt run ?
Sorry, i am not after much am i......
Also, is there a way of doing task dependencies in Task Manager, so that if my iTuneskill.vbs script fails to kill the process, the sync process doesnt run ?
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08 April 2008, 12:21 PM
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pass.. about dependencies..
just delete the lines beginning wscript.echo to stop the prompt, or call it with cscript..
ie "cscript c:\Killprocess.vbs"
David
just delete the lines beginning wscript.echo to stop the prompt, or call it with cscript..
ie "cscript c:\Killprocess.vbs"
David
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