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Making one shortcut run two applications at once?
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:52 pm
by Guest
Is it possible? How?
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 4:01 pm
by 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.
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:11 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
or just be hardcore and have the .bat on your desktop like a tr00 dork.
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:13 pm
by 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!!
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:46 pm
by Foo
ToxicBug wrote: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.
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 8:10 pm
by Guest
It runs MSN but then does nothing unless I close msn...
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 8:26 pm
by Bacon
ToxicBug wrote: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:
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 9:12 pm
by 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.
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 10:39 pm
by 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
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 10:47 pm
by 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.
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 3:26 am
by raw
ToxicBug wrote: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