Hi, I have a batch script (below) that I put in the task scheduler to make sure FrostWire file sharing starts again when my Mom turns it off. I need to know how to tell it to look and see if FrostWire is already running, and if it is, then don't try to run it again. Something like: if %frostwire%==yes goto exit (I found that here: http://aroundcny.com/Technofile/tex... ) What should I do? Thanks much, Martin Here's the script so far: min "C:\Program Files\FrostWire\frostwire.exe" sleep 10 window.exe /MIN "FrostWire: Enabling Open Information Sharing"

Hi Martin, I don't mean to rain on your parade, but nothing in that batch looks familiar. But it's worse than that. The WINSET used on that page is [AFAIK] a DOS app and probably won't effect the "global environment". Some things which try to mess with NT will generate a error like "blabla has attempted..." others will simply be ignored. ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

You can do it with a third-party command line process explorer. Then your script would run the command with whatever switch is needed to print the current running processes. Then pipe that through findstr "frostwire.exe". Here's a sample script: @echo off process | findstr "frostwire.exe" if errorlevel 1 ( goto start) else ( goto :eof ) :start start %programfiles%\frostwire\frostwire.exe I think you'll get the idea. "Computer security." — Oxymoron

How cool, tonysathre, I have a working script that does exactly what I want. I had to go download process.exe. Thanks for your help (: Here's the script for anyone else: ::MINIMIZE THE COMMAND WINDOW... MIN ::FOR THE findstr, LETTER CASE SEEMS TO BE IMPORTANT. JAVAW.exe IS FROSTWIRE process.exe | findstr /C:JAVAW.EXE if errorlevel 1 ( goto start) else ( goto eof ) endif ::NOT SURE IF endif MEANS ANYTHING :start ::THESE MAKE SURE FROSTWIRE MINIMIZES AFTER STARTING, AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, NO MATTER HOW LONG IT HAPPENS TO TAKE TO START "C:\Program Files\FrostWire\frostwire.exe" sleep 3 window.exe /MIN "FrostWire: Enabling Open Information Sharing" sleep 5 window.exe /MIN "FrostWire: Enabling Open Information Sharing" sleep 8 window.exe /MIN "FrostWire: Enabling Open Information Sharing" sleep 10 window.exe /MIN "FrostWire: Enabling Open Information Sharing" :eof