Batch run app and close

wolfric

Is there anyway of running a batch script that will close after running the program (while the program is still open)?.
currently i have just have a single line as follows
cmd /c "C:\program.exe" but the console window stays up and doesn't disappear( i can still x it but i want it to do that automatically)

RoadKillTs

What if you have this at the end?

cls
@exit

Not 100% on that one. Give it a shot.

wolfric

Thanks for the suggestion but the /c parameter takes care of closing it at the end. I want the window to close without waiting for the program to close

ronkmonster

use start notepad.exe

wolfric

for what? i'm not trying to run notepad and the batch script was written in notepad but i don't see how that makes a difference?

ronkmonster

start followed by your program to run

notepad was just an example

wolfric

Just flashes up a new console window and nothing else (and keeps it open), It works with something like notepad but not by specifying a program in another directory.

BrokenArrows

ronkmonster wrote: »

start followed by your program to run

notepad was just an example

just going to clarify as you dont seem to be explaining yourself too well.

#batch file 1
start notepad.exe

this batch file will run notepad and the command window will close.

#batch file 2
notepad.exe

this will open notepad and leave the command window open.

wolfric

Okay yes that will close the original window that did the start but it'll still leave another window open. You're just creating 2 windows and closing the first one. Try this out yourself:
i have 2 batch files. 1 called prog.bat 1 called prog2.bat
prog1:
start prog2
prog2:
"C:\program.exe"
and i type in prog1 and the first window opens calls the second and closes but the second remains.

ronkmonster

instead of this

prog2:
"C:\program.exe"

it should be

prog2:
start "C:\program.exe"


you need to use start each time you want to execute a program and close the dos prompt straight away

wolfric

ok that gives me 2 empty windows and no program. start "C:\program.exe" does not work at all. I've tried writing it into the console straight just to make sure.

I figured out the problem with start. The title is supposed to be in "" so the program is just taken as the title and not actually run.

ronkmonster

what does program.exe do

is it console based?


EDIT

remove the start from the first batch file
should only be in the second one that launches the program.exe

ronkmonster

wolfric wrote: »

I figured out the problem with start. The title is supposed to be in "" so the program is just taken as the title and not actually run.

can you explain this, "" are normally only needed for paths with spaces

yours should work without them

try remove the start from the first batch

wolfric

Its not actually "C:\program.exe" i just did it to simply the whole thing

Did a cd to fix it. Don't see why 2 batch scripts were needed i just did
cd "C:\program files\prog\"
start prog.exe
exit

so problem solved thank you all

ronkmonster

is it working with " and moving the start to second batch?

wolfric

no and no check my script earlier. i used a cd to change to the right directory so i wouldn't have to use "" in the start command and the second script wasn't needed at all i'm not sure why it was advised

ronkmonster

the exit isn't needed normally.