Help with running shortcut from task manager [solved]

oobymach · Mar 1, 2023

Here's my code saved as a vbs file

set x=createobject("wscript.shell")
x.run "%comspec% /k ""C:\PBO Tuner\PBO2 tuner Shortcut.lnk"""

Which works to run the shortcut with arguments intact but it leaves an open cmd window afterwards, adding exit and quit at the end produced errors running the script, also cannot get script to run from task manager, any help is appreciated.

Found part of the answer shortly after asking of course, new code.

Set ws = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
ws.Run """C:\PBO Tuner\PBO2 tuner Shortcut.lnk"""

Still wont run from task manager...

Solved: Issue was with the VBS file name, it had a space in it and task manager doesn't like that, works fine now.

silentbogo · Mar 1, 2023

oobymach said:
Issue was with the VBS file name, it had a space in it and task manager doesn't like that, works fine now.

Had to deal with similar thing last year, here's how you do it:

Code:

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell" )
WshShell.Run chr(34) & "path to PBO2tuner" & Chr(34)
Set WshShell = Nothing

This way it passes quotes to console, and you won't have issues with spaces anymore.
You can also pass other parameters to WshShell.run, like window style(normal, minimized, hidden, etc.), or whether the command should wait for program to exit (retuns an exit code).

For example, this will run PBO2tuner in background and won't wait for an exit code.

Code:

WshShell.Run chr(34) & "path to PBO2tuner" & Chr(34),0, false

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oobymach said:
Still wont run from task manager...

Same thing here, try quotes.

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Help with running shortcut from task manager [solved]

oobymach

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