Batch file to start multiple programs in Windows

Posted on the November 25th, 2009 under Windows by admin

Ever logged on to your machine and wanted lots of software to load. You can use a batch file to start multiple programs instead of clicking on all of the shortcuts. The software should load quicker and only requires one click.

Open a text editor such as notepad and use the following syntax to load the software exe’s…

start C:”\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe”
start C:\”Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Dreamweaver CS4\Dreamweaver.exe”
start C:\”Program Files\GlobalSCAPE\CuteFTP 8 Professional\cuteftppro.exe”

You can add as many instances of software as you like and even have multiple batch files specifically for what you want to do on the computer. Once you’ve added all of the instances you need then go to save and call the file load-software.bat

Make sure the file doesn’t have a .txt extension and ends in .bat

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