Thanks!
Start Multiple Programs With One Shortcut

Thanks coolcat. Neat trick and easy to do. Now when I start uTorrent, PG2 jumps to the rescue :^)

-reply by budser

Wow, this is great!

here's a question:
is it possible to get the second program to start with a bit of a delay?

thanks,
ya

EDIT:

ok, I am impatient and I managed to find the answer elsewhere. figured i'd leave it here too, in case anybody else is interested.

I am using Windows Vista, and this worked for me.
I am also using .bat to execute my shortcuts.

Lets say I wanted to start yahoo messenger, and ten seconds later to start windows media player.

First of all, using notepad, you have to save these commands:
@ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2 -w 1000 > nul
@ping 127.0.0.1 -n %1% -w 1000> nul

and call the file WAIT.bat

Then you open a new document and input:
@echo off
start "" "C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\YahooMessenger.ex...
CALL WAIT 10
start "" "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe"

the important part is to write the CALL WAIT 10 (or 15, in your case) in between the two programs. When you save this file, name it whatever you want, just remember to save it as a *.bat

this works for me!

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Another option is to download the windows resource kit that allows you to do the same thing using a sleep command, supposedly it is simpler than doing all the work outlined above.
http://malektips.com/xp_dos_0002.html



This post has been edited by yellowalias: Apr 9 2008, 01:22 PM

Many thanks to all.

I have been trying to set up a shortcut to open multiple files I use in sequence. A Google search lead me to this page.

Using the various methods in this thread I have, thru trial and error, managed to achieve what I wanted.

Thanks to all

Steve H

-reply by Steve Hooper

Hi,

I am not sure if this is the best place to ask this question, but is the closest message board to my problem:

I have used some of you tips for scripting a .bat file, so thanks for the help, however I have also combined this with a menu system (not as advanced as it sounds), but I have hit a few issues. The script is below:

I have a couple of issues:

ISSUE 1 - When I select option 1 the two applications open, however the DOS window goes on a loop with the error message:
Please Select
'GETKEY' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

ISSUE 2 - If I select option 1, there have been times when it has not gone on a loop and both applications open. However if I want to select option 2 after that it does not accept any more input to choose option 2 and therefore I have to close the DOS window and re-open.

ANY IDEAS?

Cheers

What should I type if I want to delay the second program in this script?
@echo off
Rem Banlist
Cd C:\Program Files\WC3Banlist
Start WC3Banlist.Exe
Rem TFT
Cd C:\Program Files\Warcraft III
Start Frozen_Throne.Exe
Exit

-question by Emil