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Started by denver Jan 17, 2005 at 9:21 AM 3 replies 950+ views

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Jan 17, 2005 at 9:21 AM

Hey Guys, Simple question. Im trying to make a batch file to start my 3 IMs at once:

START "c:\Program Files\AIM\aim.exe"
START "C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe"
START "C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\YPager.exe"

but it just opens 3 windows command windows. Anyonet ell me how to do this? Thanks

smr

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smr

Jan 17, 2005 at 9:30 AM

Why "START?"

In a batch file, you just need one command per line. To start programs, you don't need any sort of keyword. Just type the name of the program you want to run.

c:\Progra~1\AIM\aim.exeC:\Progra~1\MSNMes~1\msnmsgr.exeC:\Progra~1\Yahoo!\Messenger\YPager.exe

denver

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denver

Jan 17, 2005 at 9:34 AM

fixed it with something else

cd "c:\Program Files\AIM\"start aim.execd "C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\"start msnmsgr.execd "C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\"start YPager.exe

thx.. just close the thread

ntg1976

Jan 17, 2005 at 9:40 AM

try the call command, it has always worked for me.

@echo off
call "C:\Program Files\Winzip\Winzip32.exe"

Nemesis2k2

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Nemesis2k2

Jan 17, 2005 at 10:36 AM

You don't need "call" or "start". Call is useful when you want to execute batch files from within batch files. If you try and execute a batch file from within a batch file the way you'd execute a program, the script terminates when the other batch file you called reaches the end. Call means it'll execute, but when it finishes, control will pass back to the script that called it, similar to a function call in programming. Just executing a batch script normally is more akin to a goto statement. Start is mostly useful for its flags. You can use start to wait around in a script until the program you call terminates, rather than just ask it to open.

In general, if you want to execute a program through a batch script, it's the same as opening it through the command prompt. Just enter the name of the program, as smr said.

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