Comments on: How to open multiple programs in Windows at once

By: sb

sb — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:52:52 +0000

@FX T – If you use UltraMon, you can have apps start by default in specified monitors.

By: Deadsayer

Deadsayer — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:44:34 +0000

I’m having some issues writing a batch file to open three programs, specifically windows explorer, Opera and mIRC. Here is my batch file so far:

“C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe” D:
“C:\Program Files\Opera\opera.exe”
“C:\Program Files\mIRC\mirc.exe”
exit

I tried putting Start at the beginning of each line, but it didn’t work. Nothing would open. The way I have it now, it opens Explorer to the correct drive, then opens Opera, and then freezes. mIRC doesn’t open and the command prompt window remains open without a command prompt at which to type. If I reverse the last two open commands, then mIRC will open but Opera does not. If I close mIRC before it finishes opening, then the batch will finish running, open Opera and close the command prompt window. I can’t figure out why it does this and it’s really quite irritating.

Any help is appreciated.

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 26 May 2010 05:28:17 +0000

Black,
I’m not sure that’s a problem with the batch file – rather, it’s a problem with the program itself.
Do you get that error within command prompt? Or is it a pop-up box? If it’s in a pop-up box, then it’s the program’s problem.

By: Black

Black — Fri, 21 May 2010 11:13:59 +0000

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Wrong File Path
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Launcher is not in the right directory of RanUG Client

check your file directory
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OK
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that happens to me when i open it

By: neerja

neerja — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:42:19 +0000

Does anyone know how to include instructions to fill in the exchange server’s login box with username and password to automatically connect when I’m not home? This would be a life saver if there is a power outage. the machine is set to restart and I can get Outlook to launch but I can’t get it to log into the server that requires username and password to connect and send out my daily emails when I’m on vacation!

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:42:02 +0000

I believe that the batch file reads the target the same way as you would type it into the Run dialog. For example, I don’t use Internet Explorer as my default browser, but I made a batch file to run IE and go immediately to Google without typing in the entire path. It looked like this:
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@echo off

start “” “iexplore” http://www.google.com.au/
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This works because I believe the file iexplore.exe is already in the WINDOWS folder, and that is the first place Run looks at. This also works for regedit and cmd (cmd is in the /system32 subfolder). The EXE extension is assumed, as the Run dialog is designed to execute executables, as far as I know.

Also, this didn’t work when I omitted the “” at the start. Instead, it loaded my default browser (Google Chrome) and directed that to the Google homepage. As it turns out, to immediately load up a webpage using your default browser, you can just use:
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@echo off

start http://www.google.com.au/
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So, when I removed the “” and only had “iexplore” it thought that iexplore was the title, so it didn’t use it to execute. Hence, it was ignored. Of course, a batch file like that would be pointless, as that’s what bookmarks and saved pages are for.

Just thought I would share that with everyone.
Feel free to ask me a question or comment relating to the shortcuts I’ve just shared with you all – I’m happy to answer.

By: FX T

FX T — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:08:34 +0000

This is great….i open about 15 apps every day at work. Now, next step would save me about 15 minutes a day….I have a 4 monitor setup….how do I move the apps into the same spot every day after they open?

Thanks

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:54:30 +0000

Awesome! Works great for me!

By: Susan T

Susan T — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:47:31 +0000

Sorry, but this is too complicated for me! I would really like to do this, but don’t understand anything.

Is there not a program or software application that can launch several programs at once? If so, please let me know! Thanks!

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By: red death68

red death68 — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:17:18 +0000

nvm i got it working i had misspelling for ie

By: Lucas Rooyakkers

Lucas Rooyakkers — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:01:38 +0000

Is it possible to have them run in a certain order?

By: red death68

red death68 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:33:01 +0000

i am trying to open Internet Explorer which isn’t my defult browser to a web page that isnt compatable with my defult browser, but it keeps opening in my default browser! any help? Here is the code i had used:

start “C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplorer.exe” website_address

By: Sami

Sami — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:07:51 +0000

All I can say is, Wow! I’ve been automating with hotkeys, but your short tip on how to write .bat files to open multiple files displayed a whole new world. I’ve got five progs I run at the end of each computer session opening at once using your script.

Here’s what I wanted to ask, as an extension of this script: what I’d REALLY like is to open each program, have the program do a task (like “scan,” and then “clean”). Have been scouring for as many sources as possible, but haven’t found a .bat script that I understand well enough to do this.

Probably a prog that would record my actions=keyboard/mouse would work? Any suggestions?

Thanks again so much,

Sami

By: Sterling

Sterling — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:23:04 +0000

This has been great for me. One thing… In the batch file, I open windows explorer to a specific path. This works as planned except it opens windows explorer without the explorer bar. How do I make it automatically open the explorer bar to folders?