I think that this might have to do with your Shortcut if that makes Sense.. I had something similar happen, and I deleted my Desktop Shortcut Icon and made another, and the issue went away.
WinXP also allows by right clicking and selecting properties a compatibility mode in which the programs/processes should run. I can't guarantee this will fix your issue, but its a simple experiment. The problem is actually an issue with a Microsoft support file rather than with your Batch file. I think this issue is addressed by Microsoft in an article at the following link: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q245184 HTH, Rick Mahoney Equipment Test Design Lockheed Martin Corp Syracuse, New York 13221 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of R. Glenn Givens Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 10:32 AM To: LabView Discussion Group Subject: [W] off topic - running BATch files as scheduled task under XP Friends I used to run a very simple batch file that appends one file on to the end of another. It was a scheduled task in the Task Manager under W98. Now I have XP Pro SP1 and I can execute the batch file manually any time without errors but when I execute it from the Task Manager, whether I let it run at the proper time or right-click and select "Run", I get a dialog box that says "c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction..". If I comment out everything, I still get the same error. The actual DOS window is completely blank meaning that probably nothing was executed. Any ideas? R. Glenn Givens P.Eng. Innovention Industries Inc. Burlington, ON, Canada www.innovin.com
