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Re: Stopping background script

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Auric__ wrote:
> Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:
> 
>> Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:
>>> I have a small VBS script that starts at startup and then runs 
>>> continuously in the background. How can I locate and stop the
>>> script? I've done it before, but that was long before Windows 10
>>> and the onset of senility. I know there is a list of running
>>> applications somewhere...
>> Okay, I found how to stop wscript.exe, but it doesn't say which
>> script it is hosting. I'll have to see what happens if I have
>> multiple scripts running.
> 
> Sysinternals Process Explorer will display a process's command line
> in the Properties dialog. I imagine other, similar programs can as
> well.

Thanks! I have Process Explorer and located the instance of Wscript.exe
that is running my script.
-- 
Crash

I'm not archaic, I'm retro!

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Stopping background script "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2018-05-25 15:25 -0400
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