Starting EN via CMD = Error

[EN-flow 7]

I want to use a batch in which EN is opened via CMD:

start "" "C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Programs\Evernote\Evernote.exe"

EN starts but I get a 1000 line failure code in CMD, starting with:

[TIME] ERROR: electron.main/33760 on B4U:
     Error checking pending update Error: no pending update

Any suggestions?

[PinkElephant 8,762]

Evernote is embedded in a Framework called Electron, that’s what’s behind the error message.

All interaction between app and OS is handled by the framework - think of it as a specialized virtual machine.

It doesn’t allow scripting.

[EN-flow 7]

Thank you. I can't even trigger a link to the actual EN exe 😞

[mackid1993 1,236]

I had no issues running Evernote.exe from a command prompt on 10.103.4. 

This should absolutely be possible. I would try running taskkill /f /im evernote.exe to ensure one of the Chromium subprocesses isn't stuck. 

[mackid1993 1,236]

3 hours ago, PinkElephant said:

Evernote is embedded in a Framework called Electron, that’s what’s behind the error message.

All interaction between app and OS is handled by the framework - think of it as a specialized virtual machine.

It doesn’t allow scripting.

This isn't scripting, this is launching an executable using the command line interpreter. It has nothing to do with Evernote and everything to do with Windows. 

[EN-flow 7]

7 hours ago, mackid1993 said:

I had no issues running Evernote.exe from a command prompt on 10.103.4. 

This should absolutely be possible. I would try running taskkill /f /im evernote.exe to ensure one of the Chromium subprocesses isn't stuck. 

This worked, thanks. Interesting, even after a fresh restarting I had these problems. So the first line is now the taskkill before opening the exe.

[gazumped 12,050]

file:///C:/Users/stuar/AppData/Local/Programs/Evernote/Evernote.exe works for me on Win 11 desktop...

[mackid1993 1,236]

38 minutes ago, gazumped said:

file:///C:/Users/stuar/AppData/Local/Programs/Evernote/Evernote.exe works for me on Win 11 desktop...

That's not the correct syntax for the Windows Command Prompt:

start "" "%localappdata%\Programs\Evernote\Evernote.exe"

would be correct and by far the easiest.

[mackid1993 1,236]

10 hours ago, EN-flow said:

This worked, thanks. Interesting, even after a fresh restarting I had these problems. So the first line is now the taskkill before opening the exe.

Are you sure Evernote is not set to start at boot somewhere?

[gazumped 12,050]

5 minutes ago, mackid1993 said:

That's not the correct syntax for the Windows Command Prompt:

Shucks I thought I changed that link to show <USER>  - and it is just a link,  not a command prompt.

[mackid1993 1,236]

1 minute ago, gazumped said:

Shucks I thought I changed that link to show <USER>  - and it is just a link,  not a command prompt.

Oh yeah I mean that would be the correct format for a URI but not for a batch file.

[EN-flow 7]

after taskkill, i have to do a timeout 1 before starting evernote.exe