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The scheduled macro has run for 4 nights now. I still don't know why it wouldn't run originally, but all appears OK now.

Most of the problems I've had in the past were due to other applications running and/or updating. That should be way less of a problem with current PCs. You aren't using any windows in the macros so it's not a window interference issue. First thing I would try is to move the scheduled time at least an hour and not near the hour/half hour (when other apps may be updating).

 

One thing I've done in the past is to put in a "backstop" macro until the problem is resolved. The first macro stores a text string (registry, text file etc) when it runs "I RAN". The second (scheduled) macro runs later and checks the string. If it sees the string it aborts and blanks the string in storage. If it does not, it runs the macro and stores an error message somewhere.

Thanks, I'll give that a try.

I've had this happen several times recently with two ways of activating a macro. In each case I can tell that the macro hasn't run because nothing appears in the log file.

One macro is scheduled to run at 23.57 every day. It simply calls a batch file. For several days it didn't run at the required time. Then I changed the schedule to make it run about a minute after the change. It ran. I changed the schedule back to 23.57 and now it has run two days running at the correct time.

The other macro calls the Suspend script. It is activated by running MeProc.exe as a post-processing command from an Acronis True Image Home 2010 backup job. It was running successfully, but for the last two nights it hasn't run. I can tell from the Acronis log that the command to run MeProc was issued by Acronis, but the Macro Express log, which writes messages to the log file at the start and end of the macro, shows nothing, indicating that MeProc didn't run the macro.

Has anyone any ideas about why these macro activations should be so unreliable?

I have a PC running Win 7 w/ Macro Express Pro installed for about 6 weeks and is working for me. But I'm just one test case. Every PC has it's unique hardware and installed software combinations.

Thanks for the replies. Macro Express Pro worked under Windows 7 RC; in fact, it was one of the few things that did. Most applications were OK but lots of Windows wouldn't work: personalization, devices and printers, display, and other control panel applets just wouldn't start up.

You can use Google to search for less than 3 characters. Just limit it with the "site" parameter. EG "Windows 7" site:pgmacros.invisionzone.com

 

As for compatibility I do not know but I do know it's coming with an "XP mode" which essentially is Virtual PC running an instance of XP. However I have found one problem with MEP and VPC and that is that it appear to ignore the normal Delay commands in MEP. But if one uses timed delays it can be worked around.

Thanks for the Google suggestion.

I'll give Windows 7 a go and see how I get on with Macro Express.

Does anyone know if Macro Express Pro works with Windows 7?

(I've tried searching the forum, but it won't allow words less than 3 characters in the search, so I don't know if there's any other posts about this.)