Batch command that uses both wait and timeout

[nikel]

I'm trying to install multiple programs one after another. How can I wait for one app's setup to finish, and terminate if it lasts over 600 seconds?

Here's my code so far:

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ECHO "Installing 7-Zip 16.04 (x64 edition)"
START "7-Zip 16.04 (x64 edition)" /WAIT msiexec -i "7z1604-x64.msi" /qn
ECHO "Installing Foxit Reader"
START "Foxit Reader" /WAIT "FoxitReader821_enu_Setup.msi" /verysilent

[aGerman]

Quite difficult task. Msiexec is more or less only the tool to unpack and register an installation. You need to know the actual process names of the running installers for every single installation package. If you know them you might be able to start an asynchronously running script process that observes the installer process (before even calling msiexec).

Steffen

[nikel]

I give up. I'll use C# Processes as usual.