System file checker

Robbyn · Post by **Robbyn** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 2:34 pm

SFC has a problem in that it does not remember that the system cd is in the CD tray and keeps asking for it to be put there or Hit retry. Retry works until the next file it wants to confirm. This macro is intended to hit Retry every time the error window arises.

label>start
WaitWindowOpen>Windows file protection
press alt
send>R
release alt
goto>start

Windows file protection is the name of two windows that open when SFC is run. One is the main window showing the progress of the scan and the other the error message. How do I distinguish between the two windows? I want alt R to only apply to the error window.

Also how do I stop MacroS from freezing because the above loop has been operated too many times. Above a number of iterations MS seems to freeze.

Robin

JRL · Post by **JRL** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 2:43 pm

First thing I'd try is set WF_TYPE to 3

Let>WF_TYPE=3
label>start
WaitWindowOpen>Windows file protection
press alt
send>R
release alt
goto>start

As for MS freezing after certain a number of iterations... I don't know what number that would be. I have computers that have been running for months with multiple scripts looping continuously every 100th of a second and they have never had a problem.

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 2:46 pm

Try adding a short delay inside the loop:

Wait>0.2
Goto>start

Robbyn · Post by **Robbyn** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:48 pm

I changed the default data directory to my documents:

F:\My Documents\MacroSchedulerMacros

When I look for the macro I created I can find it in Explorer but not in MSch. What should I do to find it in MSch

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:49 pm

I'm guessing you changed the folder externally (outside of Macro Scheduler)?

Anyway, you will now need to import the macro. File/Import or File/New/Import.

Robbyn · Post by **Robbyn** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:06 pm

The macro worked but not well. The program sent an ALT R to both windows, irrespective.

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 8:29 pm

Need to add SetFocus before doing Alt/Send commands ?

jpuziano · Post by **jpuziano** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:25 pm

Hi Robbyn,

Did you try Let>WF_TYPE=3 ?

If that didn't help, both windows have the same title so SetFocus may not help.

FindWindowWithText may be able to differentiate between the two windows if there is some text that always appears on one of them but not the other.

And as Help for FindWindowWithText says... "If the WIN_USEHANDLE variable is set to 1 result_variable will contain the window's handle" so you might use this to capture the handles of the two windows. Once you have the handles, you can run other commands that specify that handle and know which window you are targeting.

If none of that works, there are image recognition techniques. Look for recent posts here on this. You'd be looking to match a portion of the error window that is different from the other window but always the same for any error that might pop up.