Multiple commands in windows command prompt

Certainly not DOS it never looked that good ; — Phoshi. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that most people probably don't use DOS much these days. Thanks for the correction - it's just a bit unnecessary in this day and age. Then, use start to start the batch file: start "" foobar. For instance, in the second example: start "" "temporary foobar. Scott Kevin Fegan Kevin Fegan 4, 3 3 gold badges 20 20 silver badges 35 35 bronze badges. Jujhar Singh 4 4 bronze badges. Not a command. If you are in powershell you can use ; to join commands.

Or you could say if exist abc. Congrats to you. And why are you throwing start into the mix? Gaff Answers should not contain commentary, like "Thanks for this", it distracts from your solution. You should consider editing this answer, so it simply answers the question, with as much detail as much but without the noise i. What problem does this solve? What happens when you type the command line without start? Kenneth L Sign up or log in Sign up using Google.

Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. ConEmu is an open-source and free tool that lets you open multiple tabs in a Command Prompt window on Windows machines. It comes with a basic and clutter-free user interface so you can focus on your actual commands.

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If Develop directory is not found then mkdir commands make Develop directory and if cannot create Develop directory then will print "Develop directory not found and could not be created".

If anyone left of an operator fails then all other commands located right of the operator wont executed. Here, if command2 runs only if command1 succeeded.

Also, command3 runs only if command1 and command2 succeed and soon. In Command Prompt:. If the first command, mkdir, succeeds, MyNewFolder will be created in the current path and the path will be automatically changed and moved inside MyNewFolder.

In Powershell. Stop-Process -Name notepad ; Get-Process cmd. How do I count word in Microsoft OneNote? What are different color in Google Maps? How to use it? How to view and delete instagram login history? What is suggested list in Messenger?