Making one shortcut run two applications at once?

[Guest]

Is it possible? How?

[Foo]

Create a file whatever.bat

Open it with notepad and insert the path to the two .exe files you wish to run, one after the other, on seperate lines.

Then make a shortcut to that file.

[+JuggerNaut+]

or just be hardcore and have the .bat on your desktop like a tr00 dork.

[Guest]

It doesn't work.

I put:

C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe
C:\Program Files\ICQLite\ICQLite.exe

in the file and it doesnt work. HELP ME FOO!!

[Foo]

It doesn't work.

I put:

C:\Progra~1\MSNMes~1\msnmsgr.exe
C:\Progra~1\ICQLite\ICQLite.exe

in the file and it doesnt work. HELP ME FOO!!

My bad. Try the lines above. neglected command prompt length restrictions.

[Guest]

It runs MSN but then does nothing unless I close msn...

[Bacon]

It runs MSN but then does nothing unless I close msn...

Holy shit are you that lazy you can't double click twice instead of once?

Edit: :icon26:

[Foo]

hah, cracked it:

start "" "c:\program files\equake\fqstart.exe"
start "" "d:\filezilla\filezilla.exe"

replace the programs, obviously. But this lets you have full file names, and the window will close itself on completion.

You can also make a .vbs/wsh file and use:

call "c:\program files\equake\fqstart.exe"
call "d:\filezilla\filezilla.exe"

if the black box pisses you off.

[Guest]

arg, that .vbs/wsh doesn't work can you make it for me and send it or something?

C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe
C:\Program Files\ICQLite\ICQLite.exe

[Foo]

Jus use the first one bud, I'm off to bed.

Someone will come along and fix it up. I was using the wrong syntax anyway, it's Shell( not call.

[raw]

arg, that .vbs/wsh doesn't work can you make it for me and send it or something?

C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe
C:\Program Files\ICQLite\ICQLite.exe

Here, copy and paste this into a .bat file.

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@ECHO OFF
START /D"C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger" msnmsgr.exe
START /D"C:\Program Files\ICQLite" ICQLite.exe