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   foxidrive to Todd Vargo   
   Re: Running exe files sequentially using   
   28 May 13 19:14:55   
   
   From: not@this.address.invalid   
      
   On 28/05/2013 06:35, Todd Vargo wrote:   
   > On 5/27/2013 8:05 AM, sekharece@gmail.com wrote:   
   >> Iam trying to run a bat file using the below code.   
   >>   
   >> start /wait  "D:|Silent_installer.bat"   
   >> start /wait 'D:def.bat"   
   >>   
   >> It's happening like both bat files running at the same time.   
   >>   
   >> But i wanted the first bat file to run completely then def.bat should start.   
   >>   
   >> any suggestions would be of great help   
   >>   
   >   
   > It should be working with all typos corrected, however batch files do   
   > not need START/WAIT to run them sequentially. CALL is all that is   
   > needed. Type CALL/? at prompt.   
   >   
   > CALL D:\Silent_installer.bat   
   > CALL D:\def.bat   
   >   
   > If you still have items loading at the same time, then you need to look   
   > in those batch files for any lines using START to run executables within   
   > those batch files without a /WAIT switch. If you are still having   
   > problems with this, post the contents of those batch files and explain   
   > where the problem is.   
      
   The OP repeated the question on Stack Overflow, complete with the wrong syntax   
   in the lines above.   
      
      
      
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