Batch timer that can open multiple applications at once

Question

For a program I'm working on I need to open the same executable numerous times, so I thought that it would be way more easy to make a batch file that opens enough applications up automatically. I've tried 2 different methods and both give problems, I'll copy and paste the code here and explain what excactly goes wrong:

Code 1:

for /l %%x in (1, 1, 6) do (
   echo %%x

   start test.exe
)

exit

Here I try to open up 6 of the same applications immidiatly, and even if this works close to perfect, some of the applications ask to overwrite files in the windows temp folder, and while it's easy to just say now and get it to work that way, it isn't really user friendly

I thought that if I put a some time between opening a new application (1-5 ms) this problem wouldn't happen, so that got me to make another attempt.

Code 2:

SET n=0
:Loop
SET /A n=n+1
test.exe
Ping 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 10
if %n% EQU 6 (
  exit
) Else if %n% LEQ 3 (
  Goto Loop
)

exit

Somehow, this program doesn't let me open up multiple applications at once, if I want another application to be started, I need to end the one that is running, and for my project I really need multiple applications started up at once.

Can somebody please help me out with this?

PS: If you're interested in what I'm doing, here's a link to my forum post about it: https://forum.yoyogames.com/index.php?threads/multi-exe-communications.852/

I already fixed it, still many thanks :) – Lolslayer Jul 03 '16 at 15:07 — Lolslayer, Jul 03 '16 at 15:07

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 28 '16 at 19:07

1

Use the start command to launch the executable:

start test.exe

This will launch the process without waiting on it to terminate before continuing.

answered Jun 28 '16 at 19:07

Tony Hinkle

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Many thanks, I can't believe that I didn't see that! – Lolslayer Jun 28 '16 at 19:18

Batch timer that can open multiple applications at once

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