At least the cmd. This is what I was looking for. I needed this to launch gradlew. Tomerikoo Ash Ash 21 2 2 bronze badges. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. The Overflow Blog. So, suppose you have a file bar. But beware : When you invoke a batch script from another batch script, the original batch script will stop running.
If you want to run the secondary batch script and then return to the previous batch script, you'll have to use the call command. For example:. If you wish to open the batch file in another window, use start. This way, you can basically run two scripts at the same time. In other words, you don't have to wait for the script you just called to finish.
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Learn more. How do I run a batch script from within a batch script? Ask Question. Asked 10 years, 11 months ago. Navigate to the location of your batch file or you can search for by clicking This PC in the left pane and typing the filename in the search bar at the top-right.
Double-click the BAT file. Normally, to run a batch file, all that is needed is to double-click the file. If you are experiencing problems running the file successfully you can try running it as an administrator. Right-click the file and select Run as administrator.
Depending on what the batch file is programmed to do, running it with administrator privileges may be required. Oftentimes, batch files don't do much visually on your computer, and running them will make changes to your computer behind the scenes. Be sure you understand what your batch file is supposed to do, as it may have run successfully even though it didn't look like anything happened. Method 2. Type cmd into start.
As you type, Windows will filter search results below your text in the Start Menu. Click Run as administrator. Running command prompt with administrator privileges might be required depending on what your batch file is programmed to do. Type cd followed by the file's location. Type the letters "cd", which is the command to "change directory"—and then type a space—followed by the folder location the batch file is in.
Don't forget a space between "cd" and the file's location. This changes the current directory to the new location you specified. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Marshall Marshall 2, 1 1 gold badge 10 10 silver badges 2 2 bronze badges. This is the correct answer. Thanks, the empty double quotes are exactly what I needed. I have a backup script that I run weekly and would modify it ever so slightly every week, trying to get it to a close my program, b backup my data, and c restart the program and close command prompt.
This finally got command prompt to close also prevented my next backup from triggering, I had to close that command prompt!!! NobleUplift: For me this worked,.. You can use the exit keyword. Here is an example from one of my batch files: start myProgram. Daniel F. Thornton 3, 2 2 gold badges 26 26 silver badges 41 41 bronze badges. Patrick Desjardins Patrick Desjardins k 82 82 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Note that this will do not nice things if you are using the console interactively instead of just double-clicking on a batch file.
Generally there is little to no need to ever put exit into a batch file. I tried this command in Win8. I'm not sure if it's different, but note that you must provide it with a Window title as your first parameter. When I would run it the way Patrick described, it would just open a new command prompt with "myProgram.
Note that if your command contains spaces and you put it into quotes, you must add an extra quoted parameter before it, as START interprets the first quoted parameter as window name and only the folowing second parameter as command name.
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