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Swillfreat
Swillfreat

Reputation: 89

Batch file to execute command after process end

I'm making a batch file that starts a program, for example notepad.exe. I need it to execute a command after I have closed notepad.exe manually.

I only know that in order to do this, the batch file will have to verify if the process notepad.exe is running or not.

How can I make it verify this exactly when I have closed the Notepad window manually?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 10711

Answers (2)

Monacraft
Monacraft

Reputation: 6620

The answer is not to do anything.

I'm guessing your currently using the start command. The thing is the start command starts the program and then continues on. If you call the program as an "operable program or batch file" then it will wait for the program to end before continuing.

You learn this stuff when automating batch commands and creating macros.

Say you wanted to run notepad.exe with a file named file.txt and then type it,

Simply :

notepad.exe file.txt
type file.txt

No start. If that's not it show us your code and then we may be able to tell you why.

Upvotes: 2

user2033427
user2033427

Reputation: 883

If you are using start, you can /wait for the program to finish before running any more commands:

(commands)

start "" /wait notepad.exe

(commands to run here)

Replace notepad.exe with the path to the program. You can also add parameters after notepad.exe to pass to the program.

The program will wait for notepad.exe to close first before running the commands below.

Upvotes: 4

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