Can't stop robocopy in taskmanager, when it runs with vbs run command

Question

Hi,

I start a robocopy command within a .cmd by a vbs script for that robocopy runs in background.


VBS:

Dim WinScriptHost
Set WinScriptHost = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WinScriptHost.Run Chr(34) & "C:\copy.cmd" & Chr(34), 0
Set WinScriptHost = Nothing


copy.cmd:

robocopy.exe C:\Temp1\ C:\Temp2 *.csv /MON:1 /mov


I can stop robocopy only with the "taskkill" command and not by the taskmanager.

When i stop the process in the taskmanager, robocopy stays running (it still moves the files).

When i execute the robocopy command directly in the command prompt (not in the background by VBS), i can stop it by the taskmanager.

Why?

Answer 1

The process tab request programs to close. The details tab forces programs to close.

CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Run Chr(34) & "C:\copy.cmd" & Chr(34), 0

is all you need in your script.

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David Candy

Answer 2

If I remember correctly, the only answer I found was missing drivers. Unsatisfactory but I didn't pursue it after searching for hours. Only a reboot helped.