Setup timeout for commands in Windows .bat file

batch-file, windows

Solution

You could use a combination of `ping` and `taskkill` to do this.

start c:\someapplication.exe
ping 127.0.0.1 -n seconds
taskkill /im someapplication.exe /f 
start c:\someapplication2.exe
ping 127.0.0.1 -n seconds
taskkill /im someapplication2.exe /f 
Shutdown -s -t 0 /f

Just replace `seconds` in the `ping` command with the number of seconds you want to wait before attempting to close the process (enough time so if it's still running it must have crashed). Then the rest of the app can continue until it is forced to shutdown.

Problem

I wrote a windows .bat script. To run a list of commands and then shut down the computer. such as: ``` c:\someapplication.exe c:\someapplication2.exe Shutdown -s -t 0 ``` Sometimes, "c:\someapplication.exe" freezes and do not respond. How can I setup timeout for my command "c:\someapplication.exe", so that after a certain amount of time, I want windows to force close the application and continue the rest of the commands?

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