[SOLVED] need help - Powershell script to start/stop ppink

[daeavelwyn]

Hello,

I'm trying to write a powershell script to start and stop ppink as I could put it into a touch portal button.

Actually I wrote this :

# Create an array containing process we want to manage
$programList = @("mousetrack";"D:\ppInk\ppInk.exe")

#for each program in this array
foreach($program in $programList)
{
# we get the baes app name without path
$programName=Split-Path $program -leaf

	#if the program is not running
	if((get-process $programName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $Null)
	{        
		echo "$programName Process is not running we start it"
		Start-Process $program
	}
	else # else we kill it
	{         
		echo "$programName process is running" 
		Stop-Process -name $programName -Force
		echo "$programName has been killed"
	}

}

it perfectly works for mousetrack, but while ppink is minimized in the tray, I can't get it visible as a process in the task manager so I guess it's used as a service, but even as a service I can't find it, so, how can't I kill it from a script ?

[daeavelwyn]

Ok boys and girls, I found a solution if someone passing by looks for :

# Create an array containing process we want to manage
$programList = @("C:\Program Files (x86)\SwordSoft\Mousetrack\Mousetrack.exe";"D:\ppInk\ppInk.exe")

#for each program in this array
foreach($program in $programList)
{
	#program base name without extension
	$programName=$program.Split("\")[-1].Split(".")[0]

	#if the program is not running
	if((get-process $programName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $Null)
	{        
		echo "$programName Process is not running we start it"
		Start-Process $program
	}
	else # else we kill it
	{         
		echo "$programName process is running" 
		$idToKill=Get-Process $programName | select -expand id # we got process Id instead of process name, better result here.
		Stop-Process -Id $idToKill -Force
		echo "$programName has been killed"
	}

}

[pubpub-zz]

Happy you've been able to find a solution. You should have a look at the rest api(https://github.com/pubpub-zz/ppInk/blob/master/ppInk/httpRequests.rtf). You can use it to dock / undock or activate other tools