Windows 10: Bat file runs ok up to “Pause -Press any key” which does not exit Lost focus

Hi everyone – I have a problem with a bat file and am using a test bat file to figure it out. I am using a test bat that runs OK from C:\test and ends with a command prompt window onscreen with Pause/press any key which exits ok. It runs OK when I right click/run from inside Task Scheduler Logon/User is logged on/Highest privileges/win10 and ends with a prompt window onscreen with pause/press any key which exits ok. BUT when I start/restart it, it runs OK and ends with a prompt window onscreen with Pause/press any key which does not work because key presses are not going to the open wi

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.bat file

A batch file (.bat extension) is basically a series of commands to be executed by the command-line interpreter. When you open the file, your system runs every command stored in the file from top to bottom, once the final command has been executed, it closes
itself indicating it has finished its job. However, everything happens so fast you think it closes immediately and that's completely normal.

If you want the command-line interpreter window to remains open once the last command has been executed, I suggest you do the following:

- Right click on the .bat file and click on the 'edit' button.

- It will open a notepad displaying a series of commands.

- Create a new line by hitting enter after the final text and type in 'pause' without quotes.

- Save the file and run it. This time the window will remain open.

 

Not getting the prompt to end the run while pressing Ctrl + Break key

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

I have tried the steps that you are performing and found that you can press the
Break key to pause the bat operation and once the operation is paused if you press
Ctrl + Break key, you will get the prompt to end the operation.

Hope it helps.

Please reply with the status of the issue, we will be glad to help you further.

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

Batch Files Knowledge Base

[/quote]at the end of your script *Smile Click to expand... What's the point of echoing a press any key message and then suppressing the default one from the pause command?


Also, a script is a program as well. A program is a set of scheduled activities. ie the programming on a tv station, it's just a list that says this is planned at this moment. In IT jargon people prefer to differentiate between the two, though why overcomplicate it to people who don't understand a batchfile in the first place.



@SOLARIS, if you want an exe file, why not use an actual programming language? Install visual studio.