Starting a exe process in bat without starting a new CMD

Question

In a certain part of my script, I want to run a certain executable, but I can`t do exactly what I want:

• 1:

  "path/to/my/file.exe"

will execute the file perfectly, however, my batch will stop executing until file.exe ends, and that's not what I want.

• 2:

  • 2.1:

  start "path/to/my/file.exe"

  • 2.2

  start "path/to/my/file.exe" /b

2.1 will start another cmd window, which I don't want. 2.2 Won't allow my batch script to return, and we're back to 1.

• 3:

  call "path/to/my/file.exe" /b

Back to 1.

So, is there any way of doing what I want? Simply starting an executable and let it run in the background?

Answer 1

I think you you want

start "" /b "path/to/my/file.exe"

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Bill