wrongfully looping batch 1

[wiimike]

I have a .bat file with the following in it. It deletes a scheduled task named defrag using credentials I provide to it. If I copy this exact line into a command prompt and run it the thing works fine. If I throw it into a batch file and run it that way it loops indefinitely. I was hoping someone could think of some reason this could be going on.

schtasks /delete /F /S \\%computername% /U domain\user /P Password /TN defrag

 

[guitarzan]

I'm going to guess that your batch file is named "schtasks.bat". So, it is calling itself rather than calling schtasks.exe.

If this is true, just rename the batch file and it should work.

 

[wiimike]

Thank you! That was EXACTLY my issue. I have a patch of hair left thanks to your help =)