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   Message 67,147 of 68,980   
   George H. Compton IV to Ammammata   
   Re: [NT4] wait for a service to start   
   01 Feb 18 13:49:39   
   
   From: george_compton@hotmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at 8:31:14 AM UTC-8, Ammammata wrote:   
   > I run a batch file at startup, like this:   
   >   
   > net use s: \\192.168.1.2\c password /user:administrator   
   >   
   > but fails with the message "the workstation service hasn't been started"   
   >   
   > If I check in services, the a.m. service is running, automatic start   
   >   
   > if I manually run the batch file after a while it works   
   >   
   > how can I tell the batch file to wait until the workstation service is up &   
   > running?   
   >   
   > or just insert a delay of - say - 10 seconds?   
   >   
   > TIA   
   >   
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   You should be able to just start the service in the batch file you're using   
   before the other codes run..   
      
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   net start "YOUR-service"   
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