How can I run a program from a batch file without leaving the console open after the program starts

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For the moment my batch file look like this   myprogram exe param1   The program starts but the DOS Window remains open  How can I close it

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You should try this  It starts the program with no window  It actually flashes up for a second but goes away fairly quickly   start  name   B myprogram exe param1

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Look at the START command  you can do this   START rest-of-your-program-name   For instance  this batch-file will wait until notepad exits    echo off notepad c  test txt   However  this won t    echo off start notepad c  test txt

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You should try this  It starts the program with no window  It actually flashes up for a second but goes away fairly quickly   start  name   B myprogram exe param1

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This is the only thing that worked for me when I tried to run a java class from a batch file   start  cmdWindowTitle   B  javaw  -cp   testprojectpak MainForm  You can customize the start command as you want for your project  by following the proper syntax   Syntax       START  title    Dpath   options   command   parameters   Key     title        Text for the CMD window title bar  required     path         Starting directory    command      The command  batch file or executable program to run    parameters   The parameters passed to the command  Options      MIN         Minimized     MAX         Maximized     WAIT        Start application and wait for it to terminate     LOW         Use IDLE priority class     NORMAL      Use NORMAL priority class     HIGH        Use HIGH priority class     REALTIME    Use REALTIME priority class      B           Start application without creating a new window  In this case                  C will be ignored - leaving  Break as the only way to                  interrupt the application     I           Ignore any changes to the current environment      Options for 16-bit WINDOWS programs only      SEPARATE   Start in separate memory space  more robust      SHARED     Start in shared memory space  default

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Here is my preferred solution  It is taken from an answer to a similar question   Use a VBS Script to call the batch file   Set WshShell   CreateObject  WScript Shell   WshShell Run chr 34   amp   C  path to your batchfile bat   amp  Chr 34   0 Set WshShell   Nothing   Copy the lines above to an editor and save the file with  VBS extension

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Use the start command to prevent the batch file from waiting for the program   Just remember to put a  empty double quote in front of the program you want to run after  Start   For example  if you want to run Visual Studio 2012 from a batch command   Start      C  Program Files  x86  Microsoft Visual Studio 11 0 Common7 IDE devenv exe    notice the double quote after start

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You can use the exit keyword  Here is an example from one of my batch files   start myProgram exe param1 exit

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Here is my preferred solution  It is taken from an answer to a similar question   Use a VBS Script to call the batch file   Set WshShell   CreateObject  WScript Shell   WshShell Run chr 34   amp   C  path to your batchfile bat   amp  Chr 34   0 Set WshShell   Nothing   Copy the lines above to an editor and save the file with  VBS extension

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My solution to do this from the GUI    Create a shortcut to the program you want to run  Edit the shortcut s properties  Change the TARGET field to  COMSPEC   C  START     PROGRAMNAME    Change the RUN field to minimized    Ready  See how you like it     PS  Program parameters can be inserted in between the two final quotation marks  the PROGRAMNAME string can be either a filename  a relative or an absolute path -- if you put in an absolute path and erase the drive letter and semicolon  then this will work in a thumbdrive no matter what letter the host computer assigns to it     also  if you place the shortcut in the same folder and precede the program filename in PROGRAMNAME with the  CD  variable  paths will always match  same trick can be used in START IN field

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If this batch file is something you want to run as scheduled or always  you can use windows schedule tool and it doesn t opens up in a window when it starts the batch file    To open Task Scheduler    Start -  Run Search -   cmd  Type taskschd msc -  enter   From the right side  click Create Basic Task and follow the menus   Hope this helps

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Loads of answers for this question already  but I am posting this to clarify something important  though this might not always be the case   Start  C  Program Files someprog exe    Might cause issues in some windows versions as Start actually expects the first set of quotation marks to be a windows title  So it is best practice to first double quote a comment  or a blank comment   Start     C  Program Files someprog exe    or  Start  Window Title   C  Program Files someprog exe

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From my own question   start  b myProgram exe params      works if you start the program from an existing DOS session   If not  call a vb script  wscript exe invis vbs myProgram exe      The Windows Script Host Run   method takes    intWindowStyle   0 means  invisible windows  bWaitOnReturn   false means your first script does not need to wait for your second script to finish   Here is invis vbs   set args   WScript Arguments num   args Count  if num   0 then     WScript Echo  Usage   CScript   WScript  invis vbs aScript bat  lt some script arguments gt       WScript Quit 1 end if  sargs      if num  gt  1 then     sargs           for k   1 to num - 1         anArg   args Item k          sargs   sargs  amp  anArg  amp          next end if  Set WshShell   WScript CreateObject  WScript Shell    WshShell Run       amp  WScript Arguments 0   amp        amp  sargs  0  False

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You can use the exit keyword  Here is an example from one of my batch files   start myProgram exe param1 exit

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Use the start command to prevent the batch file from waiting for the program   Just remember to put a  empty double quote in front of the program you want to run after  Start   For example  if you want to run Visual Studio 2012 from a batch command   Start      C  Program Files  x86  Microsoft Visual Studio 11 0 Common7 IDE devenv exe    notice the double quote after start

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Look at the START command  you can do this   START rest-of-your-program-name   For instance  this batch-file will wait until notepad exits    echo off notepad c  test txt   However  this won t    echo off start notepad c  test txt

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You should try this  It starts the program with no window  It actually flashes up for a second but goes away fairly quickly   start  name   B myprogram exe param1

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From my own question   start  b myProgram exe params      works if you start the program from an existing DOS session   If not  call a vb script  wscript exe invis vbs myProgram exe      The Windows Script Host Run   method takes    intWindowStyle   0 means  invisible windows  bWaitOnReturn   false means your first script does not need to wait for your second script to finish   Here is invis vbs   set args   WScript Arguments num   args Count  if num   0 then     WScript Echo  Usage   CScript   WScript  invis vbs aScript bat  lt some script arguments gt       WScript Quit 1 end if  sargs      if num  gt  1 then     sargs           for k   1 to num - 1         anArg   args Item k          sargs   sargs  amp  anArg  amp          next end if  Set WshShell   WScript CreateObject  WScript Shell    WshShell Run       amp  WScript Arguments 0   amp        amp  sargs  0  False

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If this batch file is something you want to run as scheduled or always  you can use windows schedule tool and it doesn t opens up in a window when it starts the batch file    To open Task Scheduler    Start -  Run Search -   cmd  Type taskschd msc -  enter   From the right side  click Create Basic Task and follow the menus   Hope this helps

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How to solve  space problem  and local dependencies    echo off cd  C  Program Files HeidiSQL  start heidisql exe  cd  C  Program Files  x86  Google Chrome Application  start chrome exe  exit

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You can use the exit keyword  Here is an example from one of my batch files   start myProgram exe param1 exit

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How to solve  space problem  and local dependencies    echo off cd  C  Program Files HeidiSQL  start heidisql exe  cd  C  Program Files  x86  Google Chrome Application  start chrome exe  exit

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Look at the START command  you can do this   START rest-of-your-program-name   For instance  this batch-file will wait until notepad exits    echo off notepad c  test txt   However  this won t    echo off start notepad c  test txt

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From my own question   start  b myProgram exe params      works if you start the program from an existing DOS session   If not  call a vb script  wscript exe invis vbs myProgram exe      The Windows Script Host Run   method takes    intWindowStyle   0 means  invisible windows  bWaitOnReturn   false means your first script does not need to wait for your second script to finish   Here is invis vbs   set args   WScript Arguments num   args Count  if num   0 then     WScript Echo  Usage   CScript   WScript  invis vbs aScript bat  lt some script arguments gt       WScript Quit 1 end if  sargs      if num  gt  1 then     sargs           for k   1 to num - 1         anArg   args Item k          sargs   sargs  amp  anArg  amp          next end if  Set WshShell   WScript CreateObject  WScript Shell    WshShell Run       amp  WScript Arguments 0   amp        amp  sargs  0  False

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You can use the exit keyword  Here is an example from one of my batch files   start myProgram exe param1 exit

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From my own question   start  b myProgram exe params      works if you start the program from an existing DOS session   If not  call a vb script  wscript exe invis vbs myProgram exe      The Windows Script Host Run   method takes    intWindowStyle   0 means  invisible windows  bWaitOnReturn   false means your first script does not need to wait for your second script to finish   Here is invis vbs   set args   WScript Arguments num   args Count  if num   0 then     WScript Echo  Usage   CScript   WScript  invis vbs aScript bat  lt some script arguments gt       WScript Quit 1 end if  sargs      if num  gt  1 then     sargs           for k   1 to num - 1         anArg   args Item k          sargs   sargs  amp  anArg  amp          next end if  Set WshShell   WScript CreateObject  WScript Shell    WshShell Run       amp  WScript Arguments 0   amp        amp  sargs  0  False

User · Answer

Look at the START command  you can do this   START rest-of-your-program-name   For instance  this batch-file will wait until notepad exits    echo off notepad c  test txt   However  this won t    echo off start notepad c  test txt

User · Answer

Loads of answers for this question already  but I am posting this to clarify something important  though this might not always be the case   Start  C  Program Files someprog exe    Might cause issues in some windows versions as Start actually expects the first set of quotation marks to be a windows title  So it is best practice to first double quote a comment  or a blank comment   Start     C  Program Files someprog exe    or  Start  Window Title   C  Program Files someprog exe

User · Answer

You should try this  It starts the program with no window  It actually flashes up for a second but goes away fairly quickly   start  name   B myprogram exe param1

User · Answer

My solution to do this from the GUI    Create a shortcut to the program you want to run  Edit the shortcut s properties  Change the TARGET field to  COMSPEC   C  START     PROGRAMNAME    Change the RUN field to minimized    Ready  See how you like it     PS  Program parameters can be inserted in between the two final quotation marks  the PROGRAMNAME string can be either a filename  a relative or an absolute path -- if you put in an absolute path and erase the drive letter and semicolon  then this will work in a thumbdrive no matter what letter the host computer assigns to it     also  if you place the shortcut in the same folder and precede the program filename in PROGRAMNAME with the  CD  variable  paths will always match  same trick can be used in START IN field

User · Answer

This is the only thing that worked for me when I tried to run a java class from a batch file   start  cmdWindowTitle   B  javaw  -cp   testprojectpak MainForm  You can customize the start command as you want for your project  by following the proper syntax   Syntax       START  title    Dpath   options   command   parameters   Key     title        Text for the CMD window title bar  required     path         Starting directory    command      The command  batch file or executable program to run    parameters   The parameters passed to the command  Options      MIN         Minimized     MAX         Maximized     WAIT        Start application and wait for it to terminate     LOW         Use IDLE priority class     NORMAL      Use NORMAL priority class     HIGH        Use HIGH priority class     REALTIME    Use REALTIME priority class      B           Start application without creating a new window  In this case                  C will be ignored - leaving  Break as the only way to                  interrupt the application     I           Ignore any changes to the current environment      Options for 16-bit WINDOWS programs only      SEPARATE   Start in separate memory space  more robust      SHARED     Start in shared memory space  default

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