Win32\ping.exe windows pops up -very annoying...

[tester_V]

Greetings!
I'm running a script that uses:

import wmi
from socket import *

I'm scanning a subnet and if found an active IP it checks if remote hosts have particular services started, it runs every 15min.
Now I have a problem, every 15 minutes DOS windows(...win32\pin.exe) popping up for each host that is very annoying.
Is there any way I can suppress the DOS window?
Thank you.

[deanhystad]

This is so lacking in information its pathetic. Is that your entire program? How do you expect any help if this is all you are willing to provide.

Try again.

[tester_V]

Well, you are right I should of posted more code.
But you have to understand, for most of us that asking for your help, you guys like a code Megicianc.
Some kind of woodo stuff...

Here is the short version of the code that makes DOS pop up.

import wmi
from socket import *
proc =open('D:/HSMV/Host_staus.txt','w') 


hlist = ['AMC4TCM1901.BPH.corp.com,101.232.422.12','AMC4TCM1902.BPH.corp.com,101.232.422.14','AMC4TCM1910.BPH.corp.com,101.232.422.15','AMC4TCM1915.BPH.corp.com,101.232.422.16']
for ehl in hlist :
    proc_name  = False
    proc_name2 = False
    ehl=ehl.strip()

    hnm,hip = ehl.split(",")   ## <--- Splitting for Host Name and Host IP
    ip = hip                   ## <------------------- Host IP
    hnm_sp,*nothing = hnm.split(".")

    try:
        connection = wmi.WMI(ip)
        print(f" Connection established -- {hnm_sp}")

        for process in connection.Win32_Process () :
            if process.Name == 'FuseepAgentService.exe' :
                print (f" Fusseep started    -------> {process.Name}")  
                proc_name = 'UP'
            elif process.Name == 'OpenZBR_x64.exe' :           
                print (f" OpenZBR started    ------> {process.Name}") 
                proc_name2 = process.Name
                proc_name2 = 'UP' 
        if proc_name == False :
            proc_name = 'Down'
            print(f" Fusseep_Service -- DOWN")            
        if proc_name2 == False :            
            proc_name2 = 'Down'
            print(f" OpenZBR_Service ------ DOWN")          
        proc.write(hnm_sp+","+proc_name+","+proc_name2+"\n") 
               
    except wmi.x_wmi:
        print(f"------------------------------------------------------------"+"\n")
        print(f" Cannot connect to -> {hnm_sp}")
        print(f"------------------------------------------------------------"+"\n")
        
proc.close()                        

Sorry again!
And thank you.

[deanhystad]

Is the dos window popping up on the remote host or on the computer running this script?

[tester_V]

my bad again!
It is popping up on my server only, that is where I'm running the script.

Thank you.

[tester_V]

HI,
Have an update.
I changed the extension of the script from.pyw to .py and the .'..windows32.ping.exe' windows stopped popping up,
now I have just one window that pops up. it is the script Python.exe.
Is there any other way I could suppress this window?

Thank you.

[tester_V]

Sorry for the confusion!!!

I found I had a problem with a different part of my script.
this is where the 'ping' is called and that is where the 'DOS windows pop-ups' coming from.
Does anybody know how to fix it?

f_active1  = open ("C:/02/IP_Active1.txt","w") 

with open(os.devnull, "wb") as limbo:
        for n in range(1, 255):
                ip="11.21.12.{0}".format(n)
                result=subprocess.Popen(["ping", "-n", "1", "-w", "255", ip],
                        stdout=limbo, stderr=limbo).wait()
                if result:
                        print (f" Not Active -. {ip}")  #, file=f_inactive1)
                        pass
                else:
                        print (ip, "active")
                        
                        f_active1.write(ip+"\n")
f_active1.close()

Sorry again for the confusion!!!

And thank you!

[deanhystad]

Does this work.

result=subprocess.Popen(["ping", "-n", "1", "-w", "255", ip],
                        stdout=limbo, stderr=limbo, creationflags=CREATE_NO_WINDOW).wait()

[tester_V]

It did not.
error:
stdout=limbo, stderr=limbo, creationflags=CREATE_NO_WINDOW).wait()
NameError: name 'CREATE_NO_WINDOW' is not defined

[tester_V]

Also added this:

from subprocess import CREATE_NO_WINDOW

and now it works.

deanhystad! You are DA MAN!

Thank you!