Tracking Window with batch

[One-Man-Army]

Hi there.
I'm looking for this for a few time, but I don't really know what to search for in this case.
I don't know if you know the problem with Firefox: If you start Firefox shortly after closing it, there will often be an error. Such like: Firefox is still running but doesn't react (Sorry i don't know the real english message).
Therefor I wrote a small .bat that only kills the task "firefox.exe" and then starts it again. At the moment this .bat is startet instead of the normal .exe. So that I don't have to open the taskmanager or the cmd to do it by myself. (yes I'm a bit lazy )
The problem in this workaround is:
If I have an open window and I want to start a second, the .bat will be invoked. So all firefox windows will be closed before opening a new one.
Now I'm reflecting if there is any possibility, to look for the open windows. I think it would be enough to get the Windowname, because in every Firefox window at the end of the name is "Mozilla Firefox". And working with strings won't be the problem.
Is there any possibility for this? If you know a language where this will be easier, I'm open for everything :p
I know there are a few ways to get a second window, but it does no harm to get it easier and faster

Thanks in advance
Marius

[foxidrive]

When you close Thunderbird or Firefox then the program has to unload and this can take a small amount of time.

Is that the issue you experience?

[One-Man-Army]

Yes. This is the problem. It's just annoying, that you'll have to wait, or kill the task. That's why I'm using a batch-script now. But the problem is, that it's used every time and not only if the problem occured.

Additionally I wouldn't say it's a small amount of time. I had it a few times, that I was afk for an hour or so and it was still running.

[foxidrive]

The lastest releases seem good here - back in the dark ages there was an issue like that.

You might like to start with a new profile and import your bookmarks and see if it still happens.

[One-Man-Army]

Ah ok. Didn't know that there was a fix for this.
But it seems like i found a solution:
The error sais that firefox is not responding. So the tasklist command can help. I just read the out of the tasklist by an for-loop. And by using an if I look if there is a token named "firefox.exe".
This way everything works: I can open the window anyway if there is a open task. If another window is open, a second one will be opened. So it's like I wanted
If someone has the same problem, this is my script:

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echo off

for /f "tokens=1" %%i in ('TASKLIST /FI "STATUS eq not responding"') do if %%i==firefox.exe ( taskkill /F /IM %%i )

start firefox.exe

This way I didn't need to track if there is an open window of firefox.

Thx Foxidrive

Best Regards Marius