set execution timeout for batch

Question

For example, if I execute a "start /w PKGMGR /iu:" installation command, If the execution has not been completed for more than ten minutes, a prompt will pop up. How do I set the timeout and prompt?

Answer 1

You will need to use Powershell to do that.

[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms")
$process = Start-Process "PkgMgr.exe" -PassThru
$StartTime = Get-Date
Write-Host "You have 15 seconds to do something."
while ($true) {
    if ($process.HasExited) {
        Write-Host "It ended."
        break
    }
    Start-Sleep 5 
    Write-Host "Testing."
    $ts = New-TimeSpan –Start $StartTime –End (Get-Date) 
    if ($ts.TotalSeconds -gt 15) {
        $oReturn=[System.Windows.Forms.Messagebox]::Show("What is taking so long??????")
        Write-Host "You took too long."
        $process.Kill() 
        break
    }
}
 

This site shows how to generate a prompt.

https://michlstechblog.info/blog/powershell-show-a-messagebox/