Command using Background Service
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I've had my Sleep Mode command working for about a month with no issues. It uses the background service to allow the command to put my computer to sleep. However, recently the command straight up stopped working and the background service is running. I'm unsure what the cause is. Any help is appreciated!
Thanks
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@Forbidden-Duck, can you try restarting the service? Also, can you run any other background commands, like reboot?
I assume foreground commands work fine.
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I just tested the foreground commands and they don't work either
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@Forbidden-Duck
I've fixed the foreground commands, I just had to make a bat file which changed the directory to Windows\System32 and it worked. However, I'm having issues with sleep mode. I made the bat file for it, if I run it as Admin it works fine, however it doesn't work with the background service and just having the plain command in the background command doesn't work either. I don't know why. -
@Russ Are you able to help?
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@Forbidden-Duck, what command are you using to put your computer to sleep? I just tested this command as a background command on my Windows 10 PC and it worked - it put my PC to sleep.
d:\tools\psshutdown.exe /d /t 1 -
@Russ I'm using the same command, however it just won't work.
psshutdown -d -t 10 -
@Forbidden-Duck, I notice your command didn't specify a folder, so do you have the psshutdown.exe downloaded to a folder in your PATH variable? Instead of using the PATH variable you could also specify the folder in your command like I did.
Psshutdown.exe doesn't come with Windows but you can download it from here.
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@Russ I have psshutdown installed already. It worked fine until recently where it just stopped same with the foreground commands. I changed the foreground commands to batch files and they work fine now it's just the psshutdown fails to work. I changed the command to specify the PATH and it still doesn't work.
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@Forbidden-Duck, some things to try or confirm:
Do you see "Command ran" in the Runs list for that command? If not, please try uninstalling the background service and re-installing it after a reboot.
Please confirm other background commands work, it's just this one that doesn't.
Try logging the output of the command like this:
"...psshudown.exe >> c:\folder\log.txt"Sorry for the trouble. I know we can make this work tho.
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@Russ Appears it decided to start working again. I hadn't done anything and the other day I tested it and it worked. I'm unsure what was stopping it from working but it seems good for now.
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@Forbidden-Duck, that's good. I hope it stays working.