Cancel a background job

Features wanted...
Post Reply
MBaas
Posts: 582
Joined: 15 Feb 2016 21:08

Cancel a background job

Post by MBaas »

I kicked off what I thought was a minor copy job yesterday afternoon, left the machine running and noticed it was still going this morning:
(Somewhere a wheel went off in the VPN, I assume - it shouldn't have taken that long)
14-02-2024_08-24-07.png
14-02-2024_08-24-07.png (10.59 KiB) Viewed 297 times


Wouldn't it be nice if there was a "Cancel" option?
______________________________________________
Happy user ;-)

admin
Site Admin
Posts: 60617
Joined: 22 May 2004 16:48
Location: Win8.1 @100%, Win10 @100%
Contact:

Re: Cancel a background job

Post by admin »

Agreed.

MBaas
Posts: 582
Joined: 15 Feb 2016 21:08

Re: Cancel a background job

Post by MBaas »

:tup:
______________________________________________
Happy user ;-)

kiwichick
Posts: 557
Joined: 08 Aug 2012 04:14
Location: Pahiatua, New Zealand

Re: Cancel a background job

Post by kiwichick »

MBaas wrote: 14 Feb 2024 08:29 Wouldn't it be nice if there was a "Cancel" option?
It absolutely would be nice so that's a +1 from me. I've needed that several times :titter:
Windows 10 Pro 22H2

admin
Site Admin
Posts: 60617
Joined: 22 May 2004 16:48
Location: Win8.1 @100%, Win10 @100%
Contact:

Re: Cancel a background job

Post by admin »

This begs the question: If there is another job waiting in the queue, should it be triggered automatically if the current job is cancelled?

MBaas
Posts: 582
Joined: 15 Feb 2016 21:08

Re: Cancel a background job

Post by MBaas »

funny that you're asking this now - exactly the situation I'm in atm. So I'd say yes, if should...
______________________________________________
Happy user ;-)

admin
Site Admin
Posts: 60617
Joined: 22 May 2004 16:48
Location: Win8.1 @100%, Win10 @100%
Contact:

Re: Cancel a background job

Post by admin »

Next beta. :)

Post Reply