timeout command in batch file with wrong seconds value

Question

I'm doing a loop to check the battery status of a windows tablet. Therefore I wait 20 seconds to controll the battery status.

when I call

TIMEOUT /T 20 /NOBREAK

it works on 20 tablets perfecly. on one tablet I'm getting sometimes the callback "Waiting 12328783 seconds, press..." the seconds value is a huge value...

why this tablet callback a total wrong waitng time?

possibly related - maybe choice solves your problem.

Stephan
– Stephan

2017-02-09 15:00:04 +00:00
Commented Feb 9, 2017 at 15:00 — Stephan
– Stephan, Commented Feb 9, 2017 at 15:00

Compo · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-09 09:51:52Z

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Best guess is that the machine is using something other than timeout.exe, probably a batch file with the name timeout.bat or timeout.cmd.

To fix this change the command to read:

TIMEOUT.EXE /T 20 /NOBREAK

Or:

"%__APPDIR__%TIMEOUT.EXE" /T 20 /NOBREAK

answered Feb 9, 2017 at 9:51

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bluelemonade Over a year ago

this happens not every time, In 4 of 5 cases it works fine.

Compo Over a year ago

If using the options I have provided does not fix the issue you reported then the issue becomes a computer one, not a script/coding one, and is out of the scope of this site.

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