vb to silently call batch is not working

[Briandr]

Hi,

This one line vbscript calls a batch file to run silently. The batch file is opening a window. Can someone help.

vbcommand:

CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run "%TEMP%\AltirisCleanup\AAInstall.bat",0,True

batch:

If [%ERRORLEVEL%] == [0] (
echo X86
cd %systemroot%\system32
If exist "CleanupCompleted.txt" exit
call :CLEANUP
call :FILEMOVE1
) ELSE (
echo AMD64
cd %systemroot%\sysnative
If exist "CleanupCompleted.txt" exit
call :CLEANUP
call :FILEMOVE2
)

:CLEANUP
REM Get the Altiris Agent install path
FOR /F "tokens=2*" %%A IN ('REG.EXE QUERY "HKLM\Software\Altiris\Altiris Agent" /V "installdir"') DO SET AgentDir=%%B
set tempbat="%temp%\AgentClean.bat"

REM Create temporary batch file to execute while the agent restarts
(
echo "%AgentDir%\aexagentutil" /stop
echo rmdir "%AgentDir%\TaskManagement\cache" /s /q
echo rmdir "%AgentDir%\TaskManagement\status" /s /q
echo rmdir "%AgentDir%\TaskManagement\statusXml" /s /q
REM echo rmdir "%AgentDir%\TaskManagement\lti" /s /q
echo ping localhost -n 30
echo "%AgentDir%\aexagentutil" /start
echo exit /b
) > %tempbat%

REM Executes temporary batch file
start "" /MIN %tempbat%

Set RegVar=HKLM\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0

REG.exe Query %RegVar% 2>NUL | find /I /N "x86">NUL

exit /b

:FILEMOVE1
COPY /Y "%~dp0\CleanupCompleted.txt" "%systemroot%\system32\CleanupCompleted.txt"
exit /b

:FILEMOVE2
%systemroot%\sysnative\cmd.exe /c copy /y "%~dp0\CleanupCompleted.txt" "%systemroot%\system32\CleanupCompleted.txt"
exit /b

I got the batch from a Symasntec website so not quite sure what could be wrong. In case your wondering how the text file gets copied out, I have the vb and batch in a WinRAR self extracting EXE. So the text file is extracted from there.

Thanks.

 

[guitarzan]

Your vbscript one-liner is correct, it's something inside the batch causing the window. I think it's the "start" command executing a batch within the batch. Try replacing this line:
start "" /MIN %tempbat%

With this:
Call %tempbat%

 

[wchull]

Granted you can invoke a batch program from a VBScript but why? Seems to me that you would be better off to re-write the batch program in VBScript and that way the batch program will not open a window.