Commad prompt remains open after calling a program from batchfile

Question

I have one batch file which simply calls one program and then it remains open after program has opened. I have put exit in the last but it still remains open. If I close the program then command prompt closes automatically. Here is the code I'm using

set /p device="Enter device name:"
"c:\Users\Administrator.PC1\Desktop\DCUTermFiles\%device%.DTS
exit

I'm using Windows 7 64-bit

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14697739/how-to-automatically-close-cmd-window-after-batch-file-execution, I doubt same question answered here — , Feb 15 '16 at 07:15

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 15 '16 at 07:16

start "" "c:\Users\Administrator.PC1\Desktop\DCUTermFiles\%device%.DTS

Inserting the start (the empty following string becomes the started application's window-title) will create an independent process, then batch will continue to exit without waiting for the application to close.

Commad prompt remains open after calling a program from batchfile

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