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Post New Requests Here / IDEA: Program which runs a program then shuts down the computer [Solved]
« on: September 18, 2012, 12:14 AM »
I would like a little program which I can click on which runs a program (SyncToy), waits for it to finish, then shuts down the computer (Windows XP). I am not trying to run the program every time I shut down so I don’t need a scheduled task.

I believe this could be down with a batch file but I am not competent to write it. I’m afraid I’ll get something wrong and SyncToy will start to run and the computer will launch a shut down in the middle and scramble my backups.

The program I want to run before shutdown is SyncToy 2.1 with this path and parameters: "C:\Program Files\SyncToy 2.1\SyncToyCmd.exe" –r

UPDATE SOLVED: September 27
Thanx to anyone who tried to help. I just want to mention that after asking someone I figured out this Batch File code which works:

Start "" /Wait "C:\Program Files\SyncToy 2.1\SyncToyCmd.exe" -r
shutdown -s

I cannot figure out any rhyme or reason as to where the quote symbols go. I see quotes around /Wait and have no idea whats going on, I only know it works.

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General Software Discussion / Recommend a Free simple Database program for Windows XP
« on: April 03, 2012, 11:41 PM »
My CD music database started out many years ago on a Mac in Filemaker Pro 2, moved to Provue Panorama, then when I came over to Windows wound up in Microsoft Works.

All the talk of SQL gives me a headache and I probably don't even need a relational database. I'm trying to avoid the extra apps and the size of downloading Open Office or Libre Office, which usually get recommended. I would like a list view and record view. The main reason I don't just use a Microsoft Word (2002) table is there is no way to filter the table and perform queries.

I posted this question on Yahoo Answers and all I got is recommendations for MySQL, Server Express, the type of database programs that are too complex for me to understand.

I have since installed LibreOffice, but there was no way to import my data into Base without it being read-only. I also just can't figure it out. A program called Glom looked promising, promising to be like Filemaker, but I couldn't get it to work.

I just find it hard to believe there isn't something free and open source which is a bit better than Microsoft Works and more like Filemaker.

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