I have a list of websites. I want a batch file which will open only first website in the list when i execute the bat file for first time and when i execute the batch file for second time it will open only the second website in the list and when i execute it for third time it will open only third website in the list and so on.

Didn't we go through this a couple days ago? ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Hi Mechanix2Go, I did tried with following answer: @Echo off Set /a TimesRun=%TimesRun%+1 If %TimesRun% == 1 "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -new-tab http://google.com If %TimesRun% == 2 "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox" -new-tab http://yahoo.com If %TimesRun% == 3 "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox" -new-tab http://cnn.com If %TimesRun% gtr 4 Set /a TimesRun=0 But everytime i executed this .bat file I ended with a firefox window with www.google .com tab at each and every execution. Can you explain me what is wrong here.

sorry, retyping again because i forget .exe suffix with firefox, nevertheless i am getting same result with following .bat script. Hi Mechanix2Go, I did tried with following answer: @Echo off Set /a TimesRun=%TimesRun%+1 If %TimesRun% == 1 "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -new-tab http://google.com If %TimesRun% == 2 "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -new-tab http://yahoo.com If %TimesRun% == 3 "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -new-tab http://cnn.com If %TimesRun% gtr 4 Set /a TimesRun=0 But everytime i executed this .bat file I ended with a firefox window with www.google .com tab at each and every execution. Can you explain me what is wrong here.

For a bat to know where it left off, not much choice but to write a file. =========================== @echo off & setLocal EnableDELAYedExpansion if not exist %TEMP%\runnum echo 1> %TEMP%\runnum set /p R=<%TEMP%\runnum set N= for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in (myfile) do ( set /a N+=1 if !N! equ !R! echo firefox %%a blabla ) set /a R+=1 echo !R!> %TEMP%\runnum ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

thanks for quick response, Mechanix2go. But I can not put it to be useful for my purpose myself alone because i don't know anything about batch or for that matter any sort of programming unless someone feeds me with silver spoon. So please do provide me a step by step guide telling me how to proceed from scratch to finish. make it for me a copy and paste work. your effort will be duly appreciated. (As for the batch script i provided to make a solution of my problem, was also a copy and paste work with the script provided to me by a user named ace_omega at this forum.) regards.

The only thing you need to change is the line below to make firefox do what you want: if !N! equ !R! echo firefox %%a blabla ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2