Sometimes in a batch file we need to wait for a service to stop in a batch file before we continue to processing our script. NET STOP will only wait a finite amount of time for a service to stop, so for services that take a while to stop we can use a simple loop. This is just an example of stopping the Adobe update service and waiting – just replace the service name as required:
@echo off
REM Run your command line here - probably: NET STOP AdobeARMservice
REM Wait for Adobe Update service to stop
:LOOP
sc query AdobeARMservice | find "STOPPED" >nul 2>&1
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 (
Timeout /T 5 /Nobreak
GOTO LOOP
) ELSE (
GOTO CONTINUE
)
:CONTINUE
REM Carry on with more logic
