Near the end of a .bat file, I am launching a browser. When the browser exits, the batch file should stop some processes required for the browser. The problem is that control is returned to the batch file immediately after the browser is started. I noticed that a test launch from the dos command prompt also return to the command prompt after the browser is launched. When a batch file launches other executables, control is not returned to the batch process until the executable exits. Is there some way to make the batch process wait until the browser (Netscape or IE) exits? Thanks, Mike

are you calling the browser or just executing it straight as a batch command?

Maybe the file that you start is not the actual browser, but only starts up the browser.

Also another thing you can try is the start command under DOS. Do a start /? under a DOS prompt to learn about it. Hope that helps, -Michael

Thanks for the replies. Below is section from the start.bat file. I assume it launches the actual Netscape browser. . . . cmd /c "c:\program files\netscape\communicator\program\netscape.exe" http://... . . . To test the cmd standalone, I opened a DOS command prompt window. After entering the command, NS opens, but the prompt is displayed, which verifies why the bat file continues after launching the command. The bat file needs to wait for NS to exit before proceeding. Thanks, Mike

Aaah!, Windows NT... The color of this discussion changes before my eyes.

Turns out the problem is that Netscape was getting launched as a child of a parent NS session launched earlier, and they use the same thread. That is why a fatal error in one session closes ALL NS sessions. Don't know of an arg or setting in NS to change this behavior, which appears to be consistent across NT, PC, W98 and W2000.