I'm looking for a way in which I can load, and if need be, kill the BOINC manager by only using the command line. Is there such a way? I know how to load it but I can't kill it. Thanks!

---

You will be assimilated...bunghole!

Doesn't the protected option disable CUDA?

---

You will be assimilated...bunghole!

Yes, I meant manager. My two CUDA computers have an annoying issue where sometimes a Seti CUDA task will freeze and not make any progress whatsoever. Running benchmarks usually un-freezes the task but not always. Sometimes I have to exit and restart BOINC to get it going again. I know I can set a script on a timer that starts BOINC using boinccmd, but every time I do it opens another copy of the manager.

---

You will be assimilated...bunghole!

There is no way to start the client or the manager via boinccmd. Boinccmd is strictly for interacting with a running BOINC client which includes stopping the client but not starting the client or the manager.

If your script is starting the manager then it's probably because it issues the command to start the manager rather than the command to start the client.

rem *** client restart script ***
rem
cd "c:\program files\boinc"
boinccmd.exe --quit
boinc.exe

Ok we're getting there, I have a bat file that successfully kills the client and restarts it without opening up a second copy of the boinc manager. Thanks! Next problem, the "boinc.exe" command opens a command line boinc client including all the message text. What would I need to do to have it open the client without everything being visible?

EDIT - Ok I got it. Here's my bat file:

cd "C:\Program Files\BOINC\
boinccmd.exe --quit
ping 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 500 > null
taskkill /f /im boincmgr.exe
ping 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 500 > null
start boincmgr.exe /s


This stops the BOINC client, kills the BOINC Manager, then restarts the manager to the system tray. The "ping" commands are to pause the batch file for half a second between commands, so that each command has time to complete before the next one executes. Thanks!

---

You will be assimilated...bunghole!

...Next problem, the "boinc.exe" command opens a command line boinc client including all the message text. What would I need to do to have it open the client without everything being visible?

You could try boinc --detach
From boinc --help:

Usage: boinc [options]
    --detach                        detach from console (Windows)

Gruß,
Gundolf

---

Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz)

...Next problem, the "boinc.exe" command opens a command line boinc client including all the message text. What would I need to do to have it open the client without everything being visible?

You could try boinc --detach
From boinc --help:

Usage: boinc [options]
    --detach                        detach from console (Windows)

Gruß,
Gundolf

What does "detach from console" do exactly?

---

You will be assimilated...bunghole!

What does "detach from console" do exactly?

It detaches the client from the console window (command line window), so that the client continues to run if that window is closed.

Gruß,
Gundolf

---

Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz)