Batch Files

[Bill]

Hi, folks, Here's a simple one, I hope.

I need to copy a text file from a server to my local PC
and open it with Notepad, all from a desktop icon.

I wrote a batch file that copies the file, then opens
Notepad, but the command window remains open and all
successive command processing stops until I close Notepad.

What I need is for the batch file to run asynchronously,
meaning that as soon as it opens Notepad, the batch file
has to continue, and either execute successive commands or
end and close the command window.

This worked fine in Windows 98. I've upgraded to Windows
XP, and get behaviour described above.

Any ideas?

 

[David Candy]

Type start /? in a command prompt.

 

[Guest]

START! That's it!

I knew it would be something simple. Thanks much, David.

.................Bill

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Type start /? in a command prompt.

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