Help : launch several applications together in a batch/command file

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Luc

Hello ;

is it possible in Win NT/2K to launch several applications
at the same time by a batch or any "command" file ? In a
..bat file, any application launched makes the batch
execution to wait until the application terminates ; my
wish is to launch more than one application by executing
one order only.

Thanks for your help !

Luc
 
Luc said:
Hello ;

is it possible in Win NT/2K to launch several applications
at the same time by a batch or any "command" file ? In a
.bat file, any application launched makes the batch
execution to wait until the application terminates ; my
wish is to launch more than one application by executing
one order only.

Thanks for your help !

Luc
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This is not quite correct: Some applications return control
to the batch file immediately (e.g. notepad.exe) whereas
others do not. To force all of them to launch immediately,
you must run them in separate threads. You can do this
with the "start" command:

@echo off
start c:\tools\App1.exe
start c:\tools\App2.exe
etc.
 
Hi !

I had not seen the start command (and I must have not tried
"normal" launch with notepad) : many thanks !
If you find a solution for my child windows...

Luc
 
Is this a case of "scope creep"? Neither your first post
nor my reply mentioned anything about "child windows" -
now you all of a sudden look for a solution for them.
What's going on? What solution? What's the problem?
 
Look at his header for a hint:

"X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000"

Someone please explain Usenet to Microsoft. Please.

Rick
 
English is not my mother language so I don't exactly see
what you mean by "scope creep". I'm not completely used to
these newsgroup neither, so actually I thought you could
see that by speaking of "child windows", I was referring to
another message I posted just before, which subject is
"Child windows don't maximize". I also didn't understand
immediatly the design of the newsgroup, so I beleived I had
posted the message about the windows at a wrong place,
that's why I replied twice to it...
Now the advise for launching several applications at the
same time of course works, and helps me : that's why I
thank you ! I just now miss how to launch a Remote Access
Connection from a batch file... can you help me again ?
 
This group is a very busy group, hence respondents are usually
not aware of posts that were made by the same poster at some
other time. I certainly did not see your post about "child windows",
so there is no point in you asking about it in this thread.

I believe that I have answered your query about launching
simultaneous applications. If you have a further question
("I just now miss how to launch a Remote Access Connection
from a batch file") then I recommend that you create another
post, with full details and an appropriate Subject line.
 
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