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by Cionn
11 Jul 2016 18:58
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Open a PDF, then close it after 5 mins.
Replies: 4
Views: 4310

Re: Open a PDF, then close it after 5 mins.

Thank you ShadowThief & foxidrive for your help. If anyone is interested, here's my solution. I created a bat file using ShadowThiefs code. I found the /FI caused some problems but don't know why. So I tried just /F & it worked... @echo off start "" "SomeDrive:\Somefolder\MyFi...
by Cionn
10 Jul 2016 18:55
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Open a PDF, then close it after 5 mins.
Replies: 4
Views: 4310

Open a PDF, then close it after 5 mins.

Really appreciate a little help here. The pdf is created from an excel sheet which gets updated regularly. However, if the pdf is left open, it will not get updated. So, I would like to put a bat file on the desktop instead of the shortcut to open the pdf file. Then after say 5 mins close the pdf. T...