comomolo Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 Hi guys,If you, like me, use a bunch of cmd files instead of a big one, you might find it interesting to add the /b switch to the start command. This makes all the cmd files to be executed in the same window. Otherwise, everytime you start an external cmd file you'll get a new window opened.Just in case: /wait can also be put as /w, which saves some typing... :-)Regards to everyone.CM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 I find that quite risky... several setup applications running at the same time are bound to conflict into each other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comomolo Posted July 28, 2003 Author Share Posted July 28, 2003 Maybe I expressed myself not so well...These are not many setups running together but in sequence (I still use the /wait command switch!!!).The reason why I'm doing things like this is because I administer a few PCs from the family so I have folders containing all what is required for installing any single program or driver, and depending on what anyone wants I put inside the $OEM$\$1 folder only what is needed. All these folders have inside an install.cmd file containing the silent installation commands for that particular software or driver. So I don't have to remember everytime what are the switches.The main.cmd file will call sequentially all the install.cmd files inside all the folders and that makes it very simple. But if I don't use the /b switch after start, I'll get a new window opened, that's the only thing I want to avoid, so my start commands look like this:start /b /wRegards,CM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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