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carolyn savas
carolyn savas

Reputation: 17

Using Batch Script to open and close chrome however timeout only starts if I close chrome

I'm trying to write a program that will open Chrome, wait for a short period of time then close Chrome, and repeat. At first it was working and then it began to only start timeout if I closed Chrome manually. I've tried these two codes each had the same problem. Code 1

    cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\
    :loop
    chrome.exe https://www.website.com -incognito
    timeout /t 200
    taskkill /F /IM chrome.exe /T > nul
    goto loop

Code 2

    cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\
    :loop
    chrome.exe https://www.website.com -incognito
    TIMEOUT /NOBREAK /T 200>NUL
    taskkill /F /IM chrome.exe /T > nul
    goto loop

My knowledge with Windows Batch is very limited, and I pieced this together with a lot of internet searches, so the problem is probably very simple and I'm just not experienced enough to see it. Thank you for your time!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 6499

Answers (1)

dbenham
dbenham

Reputation: 130819

Not sure why, but chrome.exe runs synchronously unless there is already another chrome.exe process running. The first time you ran, you probably already had chrome running, which is why your code worked asynchronously as expected. But then when you TASKKILL all the chrome processes, it becomes synchronous, and no longer works as you want.

This issue has been reported at http://www.dostips.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7242.

In your case, the solution is simple - just use START to restore the asynchronous behavior.

cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\
:loop
start "" chrome.exe http://www.dostips.com -incognito
timeout /t 200
taskkill /F /IM chrome.exe /T > nul
goto loop

Upvotes: 2

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