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Quadsam
Quadsam

Reputation: 3

I wrote a program put it in the start folder and it disappeared but still runs

I wrote a small program to check if my network is down it looks like this:

@echo off
set ipaddr=172.217.11.238
set oldstate=neither
:loop
set state=up
ping -n 1 !ipaddr! >nul: 2>nul:
if not !errorlevel!==0 set state=down
if not !state!==!oldstate! (
    echo.Link is !state!
    set oldstate=!state!
    start msg * "Network is !state!!"
)
ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 >nul: 2>nul:
goto :loop
endlocal

I put it in my startup folder C:\Users\Quadsam\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup after converting it to an exe and restarted my pc. The program works great but every once and a while it will pop up saying Network is Down! so i click ok but then it says Network is Up! and at seemingly random times it will pop up with those messages. So I got annoyed and went to delete it but it was gone! I have checked task manager and the program does not appear there. I have tried to install third party task managers but to no avail. I checked in the registry to see if there was any pointer to it in Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. I have checked msconfig.exe and cant find it anywhere. Can anybody help me with this?

Upvotes: -1

Views: 263

Answers (1)

Delta
Delta

Reputation: 531

Do you have the option to show hidden files turned on?

It is possible that the file could have been marked as system or hidden.

See here for instructions on showing hidden and/or system files.

Upvotes: 0

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