Is there any script to wait until a file or files to exist then executing commands? Topic is solved

[Ahmed142]

Hello every one,

Is there any script to wait until a file or files to exist in the drive then to executing commands?
Let us dealing with MsgBox, then I can replace MsgBox with commands that I want.

I found a script from the old AutoHotkey community https://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/91767-wait-for-a-file-to-exist-and-launch-it/

I modified a little bit on the code and the code after modifying is in the following:

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!F8::

#Persistent
SetTimer, Launch, 5000
return

Launch:
ifExist, D:\My Image.png
{
MsgBox, File is existing now.
Return
}

Now, for me, the problem with this code, is that If the file "My Image.png" is existing it show a MsgBox but when I close it appears again after the time in the script, so I want If the file is existing, then to show the MsgBox only one time, is there any way to do that?

[boiler]

See WatchFolder().

[LG Zana]

Try

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!F8::

#Persistent
SetTimer, Launch, 5000
Return

Launch:
ifExist, D:\My Image.png
{
	MsgBox, File is existing now.
	SetTimer, Launch, Off
}
Return

[Ahmed142]

See WatchFolder().

Thank you so much boiler for that topic, it could be very useful.

[Ahmed142]

Try

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!F8::

#Persistent
SetTimer, Launch, 5000
Return

Launch:
ifExist, D:\My Image.png
{
	MsgBox, File is existing now.
	SetTimer, Launch, Off
}
Return

Thank you so much LG Zana, that was really useful and solved my problem.