Batch File to Run .exe and set priority

[palegathon]

Objective: Open the prw.exe process then apply "High priority or "realtime" to the application.exe

Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
Program Utilizes Drive Z: for a network path to run, it must patch an update first before the program will execute.

Batch File:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mckesson\Practice Partner\prw.exe"
Fails to open unable to connect to C tree server.
Desktop Icon is named Patient Records.Ink
Full File Path of Ink File is:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\McKesson\Practice Partner\Updater\"
However, the process itself that opens after the update attempt is still prw.exe, which full path file is: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mckesson\Practice Partner\prw.exe"

Partial Success.
wmic process where name="prw.exe" CALL setpriority "realtime"
If I manually open the application this part of the batch file works.
I cannot get the file to open through a batch file. Much help appreciated.

[elzooilogico]

may be...

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@echo ON
start /B "" cmd /c "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mckesson\Practice Partner\prw.exe"
wmic process where name="prw.exe" CALL setpriority "realtime"

once you know it works, replace @echo ON with @echo off

not sure if I understand, if you need a mapped drive, try

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@echo ON
subst z: "c:\somePath\someSubFolder" & rem or subst z: "\\someMachine\someSharedDevice" 
start /B "" cmd /c "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mckesson\Practice Partner\prw.exe"
wmic process where name="prw.exe" CALL setpriority "realtime"

[palegathon]

@echo ON
start /B "" cmd /c "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mckesson\Practice Partner\prw.exe"
wmic process where name="prw.exe" CALL setpriority "realtime"

Still same result.

So to help on the confusion with the Z: drive, Its always mapped at startup. The application file pulls from the Z: Drive to check for patches and updates from the server.
Tried the

@echo ON
subst z: "c:\somePath\someSubFolder" & rem or subst z: "\\IP AddressorHostname\SharedFolder"
start /B "" cmd /c "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mckesson\Practice Partner\prw.exe"
wmic process where name="prw.exe" CALL setpriority "realtime"

Same result on this one
I attached the error it gives anything I can screenshot or do to help you help me?

[Squashman]

Really not understanding what you are trying to do overall.

But I am confused as to why you are not setting the priority class with the START command?

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W:\SecurityBenefit\Input\Customer>start /?
Starts a separate window to run a specified program or command.

START ["title"] [/D path] [/I] [/MIN] [/MAX] [/SEPARATE | /SHARED]
      [/LOW | /NORMAL | /HIGH | /REALTIME | /ABOVENORMAL | /BELOWNORMAL]
      [/NODE <NUMA node>] [/AFFINITY <hex affinity mask>] [/WAIT] [/B]
      [command/program] [parameters]

    "title"     Title to display in window title bar.
    path        Starting directory.
    B           Start application without creating a new window. The
                application has ^C handling ignored. Unless the application
                enables ^C processing, ^Break is the only way to interrupt
                the application.
    I           The new environment will be the original environment passed
                to the cmd.exe and not the current environment.
    MIN         Start window minimized.
    MAX         Start window maximized.
    SEPARATE    Start 16-bit Windows program in separate memory space.
    SHARED      Start 16-bit Windows program in shared memory space.
    LOW         Start application in the IDLE priority class.
    NORMAL      Start application in the NORMAL priority class.
    HIGH        Start application in the HIGH priority class.
    REALTIME    Start application in the REALTIME priority class.
    ABOVENORMAL Start application in the ABOVENORMAL priority class.
    BELOWNORMAL Start application in the BELOWNORMAL priority class.
    NODE        Specifies the preferred Non-Uniform Memory Architecture (NUMA)
                node as a decimal integer.
    AFFINITY    Specifies the processor affinity mask as a hexadecimal number.
                The process is restricted to running on these processors.

                The affinity mask is interpreted differently when /AFFINITY and
                /NODE are combined.  Specify the affinity mask as if the NUMA
                node's processor mask is right shifted to begin at bit zero.
                The process is restricted to running on those processors in
                common between the specified affinity mask and the NUMA node.
                If no processors are in common, the process is restricted to
                running on the specified NUMA node.
    WAIT        Start application and wait for it to terminate.
    command/program
                If it is an internal cmd command or a batch file then
                the command processor is run with the /K switch to cmd.exe.
                This means that the window will remain after the command
                has been run.

                If it is not an internal cmd command or batch file then
                it is a program and will run as either a windowed application
                or a console application.

    parameters  These are the parameters passed to the command/program.

NOTE: The SEPARATE and SHARED options are not supported on 64-bit platforms.

Specifying /NODE allows processes to be created in a way that leverages memory
locality on NUMA systems.  For example, two processes that communicate with
each other heavily through shared memory can be created to share the same
preferred NUMA node in order to minimize memory latencies.  They allocate
memory from the same NUMA node when possible, and they are free to run on
processors outside the specified node.

    start /NODE 1 application1.exe
    start /NODE 1 application2.exe

These two processes can be further constrained to run on specific processors
within the same NUMA node.  In the following example, application1 runs on the
low-order two processors of the node, while application2 runs on the next two
processors of the node.  This example assumes the specified node has at least
four logical processors.  Note that the node number can be changed to any valid
node number for that computer without having to change the affinity mask.

    start /NODE 1 /AFFINITY 0x3 application1.exe
    start /NODE 1 /AFFINITY 0xc application2.exe

If Command Extensions are enabled, external command invocation
through the command line or the START command changes as follows:

non-executable files may be invoked through their file association just
    by typing the name of the file as a command.  (e.g.  WORD.DOC would
    launch the application associated with the .DOC file extension).
    See the ASSOC and FTYPE commands for how to create these
    associations from within a command script.

When executing an application that is a 32-bit GUI application, CMD.EXE
    does not wait for the application to terminate before returning to
    the command prompt.  This new behavior does NOT occur if executing
    within a command script.

When executing a command line whose first token is the string "CMD "
    without an extension or path qualifier, then "CMD" is replaced with
    the value of the COMSPEC variable.  This prevents picking up CMD.EXE
    from the current directory.

When executing a command line whose first token does NOT contain an
    extension, then CMD.EXE uses the value of the PATHEXT
    environment variable to determine which extensions to look for
    and in what order.  The default value for the PATHEXT variable
    is:

        .COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD

    Notice the syntax is the same as the PATH variable, with
    semicolons separating the different elements.

When searching for an executable, if there is no match on any extension,
then looks to see if the name matches a directory name.  If it does, the
START command launches the Explorer on that path.  If done from the
command line, it is the equivalent to doing a CD /D to that path.

[palegathon]

Thank you so much for all this additional information it will help me in defining additional things to it after I get it working.
So The overall goal is I just want to open an .exe application with a batch file simply.
I can manually open the folder
C:\Program Files (x86)\Mckesson\Practice Partner\prw.exe

Prw.exe is the actual service aka process name after it runs.

Whenever I try to open it through a batch file it simply does not work. It attempts to open it but it says it cannot connect to the C tree server, which is stored on the Z Drive. Its almost like it does not know to look to the Z Drive. The application has 2 different launcher ICONS, one that is in C:\Program Files (x86)\Mckesson\Practice Partner\Updater folder
The other is in C:\Program Files (x86)\Mckesson\Practice Partner
I have tried both of them.
Is there something additional I must add to it for it to know that the ppart "C Tree server" is in the Z drive?

Like I can do:
c:\program files (x86)\bandicam\bandicam.exe
works perfect.
I do
C:\Program Files (x86)\Mckesson\Practice Partner\prw.exe
It says CAnnot find C tree server.
Hense the bandicam example just runs from the .exe
The Prw.exe actually connects to the Z drive because thats where it runs off the application server. I just dont understand why I can double click the icon and it launches but cant launch it through bat file.
What should I log or take pics of ?

[elzooilogico]

may prw.exe has its own libraries in the home folder?, try

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@echo ON
start /realtime "" cmd /c "pushd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mckesson\Practice Partner\" & "prw.exe" & popd"

But I am confused as to why you are not setting the priority class with the START command?

Yes! I forgot such feature. I have used it!

[Squashman]

may prw.exe has its own libraries in the home folder?, try

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@echo ON
start /realtime "" cmd /c "pushd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mckesson\Practice Partner\" & "prw.exe" & popd"

That is overkill. Just use the /D option with the START command.

Should be able to just do this.

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start "" /realtime /D "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mckesson\Practice Partner\"  "prw.exe"

[palegathon]

may prw.exe has its own libraries in the home folder?, try

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@echo ON
start /realtime "" cmd /c "pushd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mckesson\Practice Partner\" & "prw.exe" & popd"

That is overkill. Just use the /D option with the START command.

Should be able to just do this.

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start "" /realtime /D "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mckesson\Practice Partner\"  "prw.exe"

Whoa. Solved.
Thank you much sir. I been trying to get this to work for days.

100% successful.
Thank you!!!!!!
Both of these options work wonderfully!

[palegathon]

Thank you all so much for your help, you guys are great!

may prw.exe has its own libraries in the home folder?, try

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@echo ON
start /realtime "" cmd /c "pushd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mckesson\Practice Partner\" & "prw.exe" & popd"

That is overkill. Just use the /D option with the START command.

Should be able to just do this.

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start "" /realtime /D "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mckesson\Practice Partner\"  "prw.exe"

Whoa. Solved.
Thank you much sir. I been trying to get this to work for days.

100% successful.
Thank you!!!!!!
Both of these options work wonderfully!

[elzooilogico]

may prw.exe has its own libraries in the home folder?, try

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@echo ON
start /realtime "" cmd /c "pushd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mckesson\Practice Partner\" & "prw.exe" & popd"

That is overkill. Just use the /D option with the START command.

Should be able to just do this.

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start "" /realtime /D "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mckesson\Practice Partner\"  "prw.exe"

Whoaaa! Next time I'll read help more carefully!!