Can't get POSTSTARTUP.BAT to activate

[Lone_Stranger]

Sub, I built a test version of PostStartup.bat and placed it into the SCRIPTS folder, but it appears that it never activates.

NPVR version was dpwnloaded on 12-20.

Must I do something else? Please advise.

[martint123]

I'd post logs so we can see if it has been called.
Also bear in mind that unless you have changed things, it will be run as the SYSTEM user and will not have an environment like a normal user - no paths etc. If you want to run executables you have to use the full path to them.
When debugging npvr bat files I usually use comments, such as

Code:

@echo off
c:
cd c:\users\public\npvr\scripts
echo %time:~0,-3% Start: PostProcessing.bat invoked on %1 recorded from channel %2 >>postprocessing.log
cscript //nologo "C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoReDoTVSuite4\vp.vbs" "%~dpn1.ts" "%~dpn1.mpg" "/p:MPEG2 Program Stream" /q

[Lone_Stranger]

After checking the logs, it appears that PostStartup.bat did indeed execute.

Thanks again, Martin.

[martint123]

After checking the logs, it appears that PostStartup.bat did indeed execute.

Although the logs won't show if the contents of the batch files executed - hence why I scatter "echo"s around.
Running the batch files manually are no guarantee either because of the different environments

[mvallevand]

Running the batch files manually are no guarantee either because of the different environments

Sysinternals provide a good tool psexec that allows you to open a system command prompt easily

psexec -i -s cmd.exe

It can be useful looking at shares, rights etc.

Martin

[martint123]

Sysinternals provide a good tool psexec that allows you to open a system command prompt easily

They provide many extremely useful tools. My problem is I don't use them often enough to remember what they all are and what they can do! (ever since regmon and filemon became over-complicated processmonitor