Close Vista batch file on completion?

Dingatron

Anyone know how to do this on Vista? Tried CLS and EXIT and neither seem to work? I'm left with the cmd box which is not ideal.

JonathanAnon

post the batch file here. Are you sure that the batch file is reaching the exit command at the bottom. It could be hanging in a loop or something.

Dingatron

It's nothing complicated, just a batchfile to mount a network file share automatically on log in.

start /min
net use P: \\fileserver\myshare password /USER:user /PERSISTANT:No
exit

The file share is mapped but I'm left with a cmd box minimised. Works fine in XP though so must be a Vista thing. Also tried to run the batch file as admin with no difference.

Thoie

That's weird, I run a (ridiculously simple) batch file in Vista, and it always closes itself when done, without any exit command.

This is it in its entirety:

mkdir RAW
move *.nef RAW/

Thoie

Dingatron wrote: »

start /min
net use P: \\fileserver\myshare password /USER:user /PERSISTANT:No
exit

Actually, looking at that, and given that it won't take long to map, why do you even need to /min at the beginning?

Have you tried just

net use P: \\fileserver\myshare password /USER:user /PERSISTANT:No

on its own?

Dingatron

Actually, looking at that, and given that it won't take long to map, why do you even need to /min at the beginning?

Couple of reason's all valid and all to do with users and 'The mystery of the disappearing drive' and also the sequel 'How to get it back again'



Yep I originally didn't have exit in it which works in XP.

Added exit when it didn't 'Exit' in Vista.

Thoie

Aha! (or not)

Just opened up a box, tried start /min and the first thing it does is open ANOTHER box, minimised. Is it possible that the box you're seeing left behind is a second window? As you can see from my batch, I don't start a window, because by calling it *.bat I assume it's going to do that anyway.

Have you tried just the net use without start or exit?

Thoie

Dingatron wrote: »

all to do with users and 'The mystery of the disappearing drive'

This may be another stupid question, but if there's a mystery about the disappearing drive, why not make it persistant?

Dingatron

Have you tried just the net use without start or exit?

Ah that's worth a go alright.

This may be another stupid question, but if there's a mystery about the disappearing drive, why not make it persistant?

The drive is a samba share and not the same user name/authentication as the windows login user so if I set drive as persistent the user needs to input username/password etc on log in. I needed it to be as easy as possible for the users in question. Not ideal I know and I need to tidy it up when I have a bit of time.

LizardKing

if its run as administrator doe it work ?

Dingatron

Can't check till the morning on Ubuntu at home. I think Thoie may be right with the use of

Start /min

It makes sense to me anyway...

Thoie

How did it go?

Dingatron

Thoie may be right with the use of

Fair play you were right about not needing the 'start' and exit. All fine with the world now.