Running Batch Files in Service Recovery

dr strangelove

Hi,
I'm trying to set up an event on a 2003 server whereby if a particular service stops i'm notified by email.

I've set up a batch file which sends me an SMTP email message and now i'm trying to link it to the 'Recovery' -> 'First Failure' -> 'Run a Program' in 'Services'

As batch files are (apparently) not real programs, i've had to set the 'program to be run' as 'c:\WINDOWS\system32\forcedos.exe' and the 'parameters' as 'c:\myscriptfolder\mybatchfile.bat' as outlined in MS Article: 247929.

I've tested the batch file and it sends me a mail if i double-click on it, but there's something wrong (i think) with the way i've set up in the Recovery options in Services.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks.

Alun

cmd.exe /c mybatchfile.bat

dr strangelove

cmd.exe /c mybatchfile.bat

yeah, tried that and it didn't work either.

i can run the batch file, and i can even enter the address and name of the batch file in the command prompt, (eg. d:\smtpscripts\aservicejuststopped.bat) and get the email notification, so i'm just wondering now if stopping a service manually would still trigger the event, as opposed to the service stopping unexpectedly.

Nietzschean

manually stopping a service i'm about 90% sure will not trigger a service failure event(otherwise automatically restart service would kick in), it would also be silly to trigger one too..

dr strangelove

Hmm, yeah, that's pretty much my feeling now.....

<sits back and quietly hopes that McAffee Updater service unexpectedly stops soon so i can test my smtp email script>