Close cmd window after bat file

Choose your interests Get the latest news, expert insights and market research, sent straight to your inbox. Newsletter Topics Select minimum 1 topic. Operating Systems. Hi — The command window stays open after running the case in this script. Paul Logan Posted May 30, 0 Comments. Unfortunately, that does not do the trick. Anonymous Posted May 31, 0 Comments. I hope that helps. That did it. Let me take that back. Ran the script this morning; command window stayed open.

Sudip ayiri Posted June 5, 1 Comment. Register or Login. Terrific work! This is the type of information that should be shared around the web. Shame on the search engines for not positioning this post higher! My google-fu has failed me, results seem unrelated…. I use it at the same time I set colors to the CMD windows, see example:. Name required. Mail will not be published required. Get the CMD. Funny… me too. Here is what I found fixes the issue. Script example below if you want it The problem I was having with this script was I was trying to launch the sidebar application after the update and that was causing the cmd window not to close after it launched the application.

Wow, the window now closes after it launches the sidebar application. Create a new batch file called gadgets. Like this: Like Loading May 22, at pm. Leigh says:. December 7, at pm. Sarah says:. December 14, at pm. Joe says:. August 5, at pm. Active 2 months ago. Viewed k times. So far I've tried using the exit command within the batch file to close the cmd window I also have a shortcut on the desktop but it doesn't seem to work: tncserver.

Jim McAdams 13 13 silver badges 29 29 bronze badges. Blitzcrank Blitzcrank 2 2 gold badges 10 10 silver badges 19 19 bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. It should close automatically, if it doesn't it means that it is stuck on the first command.

As a work around you can try using start "" tncserver. Bali C Bali C The "" is used to stop a problem with start , if the program you are running has spaces it will interpret the first string as the title for the app.

The "" gives it a blank title so the rest will work as expected. Your code is absolutely fine. It just needs "exit 0" for a cleaner exit. GitaarLAB Jenna Leaf Jenna Leaf 1, 18 18 silver badges 24 24 bronze badges. Community Bot 1 1 1 silver badge. Loran Loran 1 1 silver badge 8 8 bronze badges.

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