Batch files How to leave the console window open

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I have two batch files  one of them executes another  i e     My Batch File    2   Some Other Batch File    I ve created a shortcut of the first batch file and edited its properties to call its in following way   cmd exe  k   lt SomePath gt   lt My Batch File gt  bat   amp  pause   What i want to do I want the console window to be open after the execution of the batch file is over  Now it just closes  tried to play around the cmd flags  no result   Platform   Windows7    UPDATE 1  Modified the structure  the simple example like this does not work as well  Only one batch file i e  there is no the 2   Some Other Batch File  The only batch file contains smth like this  start  B  LOW  WAIT make package cmd  K     UPDATE 2  The same shortcut which is invoked from Explorer does not close the console window  But the console window closes when the shortcut is invoked from the pinned item on taskbar  Any ideas how to keep the console window open

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In the last line of the batch file that you want to keep open put a  pause  gt nul

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I just press enter and type Pause and it works fine

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If that is really all the batch file is doing  remove the cmd  K and add PAUSE   start  B  LOW  WAIT make package PAUSE   Then  just point your shortcut to  My Batch File bat    no need to run it with CMD  K   UPDATE  Ah  some new info   you re trying to do it from a pinned shortcut on the taskbar   I found this  Adding Batch Files to Windows 7 Taskbar like the Vista XP Quick Launch  with the relevant part below         First  pin a shortcut for CMD EXE to the taskbar by hitting the start button  then type  cmd  in the search box  right-click the result and chose  Pin to Taskbar     Right-click the shortcut on the taskbar    You will see a list that includes  Command Prompt  and  Unpin this program from the taskbar     Right-click the icon for CMD EXE and select Properties    In the box for Target  go to the end of   SystemRoot  system32 cmd exe  and type    C   and the path and name   of the batch file       For your purposes  you can either    Use  C and put a PAUSE at the end of your batch file   OR Change the command line to use  K and remove the PAUSE from your batch file

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put at the end it will reopen your console  start cmd

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I just written last line as Pause it worked fine with both  bat and  cmd  It will display message also as  Press any key to continue

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rem Just use  pause  at the end of the batch file                     pause

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For leaving the console window open you only have to add to the last command line in the batch file       amp  pause

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At here   cmd exe  k   lt SomePath gt   lt My Batch File gt  bat   amp  pause   Take a look what are you doing     cmd  K  Start a NEW cmd instance    amp  pause  Pause the CURRENT cmd instance    How to resolve it  well using the correct syntax  enclosing the argument for the new CMD instance   cmd exe  k    lt SomePath gt   lt My Batch File gt  bat   amp  pause

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You can just put a pause command in the last line of your batch file   echo off echo Hey  I m just doing some work for you  pause  Will give you something like this as output   Hey  I m just doing some work for you  Press any key to continue      Note  Using the  echo prevents to output the command before the output is printed

[windows] Batch files : How to leave the console window open

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