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Batch files and new CMD prompt windows

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I want to run two programs simultaneously from a batch file. Can I make the batch open each in a new window at the same time? Any help is appreciated. brad_002

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Summary: i tried the Method 1 running both of those using RUN and still the prompt window says "To open this file, Windows needs to know what program created it. . . ." ok so basically i obviously caused th...

Summary: you could add the 'pause' command to the end of your batch file and that would prompt 'press any key to continue' I'm not sure if that would solve your problem or not. Check out my homepage for some e...

Summary: Hmm, thanks for the advice, but I'm still not getting it to work. I changed the extension to .cmd, but it seems to act the exact same way. When I put the "start" in the line: start "C:\Program Files\S...