Python.exe stays open after running batch file in task scheduler

Question

I'm trying to schedule in task scheduler:

1. Run a batch file
2. Activate a conda environment
3. Run a python program
4. Exit command prompt

Everything works fine, except the python.exe window will remain open while the command prompt closes.

My batch file: (the sleep is for the python code to run. It takes a few seconds)

call activate python2
start C:\Users\Chris\Anaconda3\envs\python2\python.exe testtest.py
sleep 30
exit

My python script:

driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path="C:\path\to\chromedriver")
driver.get('http://website.com')

# Find email and pw fields and then fill them in
email = driver.find_element_by_id("user_email")
email.send_keys('[email protected]')
pw = driver.find_element_by_id("user_password")
pw.send_keys('password')

# Click on sign-in button
driver.find_element_by_class_name("button").click()
time.sleep(5)

# Click on save button to update
driver.find_element_by_class_name("button").click()

# Close driver
driver.close()

Last thing, the program/script is the batch file, no arguments, and the start in is in the directory that the batch file is in.

Any help would be appreciated!

Answer 1

put you python codes in a main() function.

and give:

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

at the end. Just tested works for me.

Answer 2

@pk2019 's answer really helped me.

One improvement is to use

drv = webdriver.Chrome()

# Do your things.
...


drv.close()
drv.quit()

No need to do the dirty work of killing task.