Batch file type windows program.

[Van_Dammesque]

Hi,
I'm looking for a batch-file type program that can be used in windows.
I have certain batch files that runs programs in a certain order, but the batch file pauses waiting for the windows program to finish so defeating the purpose of a batch file. The batch file continues if I quit the program it is waiting on.
Any ideas?

Thanks!(pirate)

[Clay]

Not sure that I really follow what you're trying to say. However, you might want to take a look at WMI scripting (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/guide/sas_wmi_overview.mspx) and or Monad/Powershell (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/msh.mspx).

[Van_Dammesque]

Isn't what I'm after I'm afraid, here is what I'm trying to do in a batch script I have:

"C:\Prog Files\AppX.exe" -parametersX
"C:\Prog Files\AppY.exe" -parametersY
"C:\Prog Files\AppZ.exe" -parametersZ

Now what happens is the first program runs (a windows program rather than dos program), the script file stops after the first line (i think it hasn't return a "finished" command), if I quit AppX.exe, the script file then continues to AppY.exe and puase and so on.

I'm after a windows based launcher to do the same as the script above, i.e. to launch programs with one click.

[rewt]

Use cmd /K or cmd /C in your batch script.


C:\>cmd /?
Starts a new instance of the Windows XP command interpreter

CMD [/A | /U] [/Q] [/D] [/E:ON | /E:OFF] [/F:ON | /F:OFF] [/V:ON | /V:OFF]
[[/S] [/C | /K] string]

/C Carries out the command specified by string and then terminates
/K Carries out the command specified by string but remains

[evilghost]

cmd.exe /c "C:\Prog Files\AppX.exe -parametersX"
cmd.exe /c "C:\Prog Files\AppY.exe -parametersY"
cmd.exe /c "C:\Prog Files\AppZ.exe -parametersZ"

[Van_Dammesque]

Thanks for the help!

I tried the \c command and it didn't work.

It does work if I have:
Start "" "appX.exe"
Start "" "appY.exe"
etc...