windows - How Can I Write a Batch File Where I Start one Program and When that Program Finishes or Closes, Start Another -

windows - How Can I Write a Batch File Where I Start one Program and When that Program Finishes or Closes, Start Another -

for example:

@echo off start c:\windows\system32\dfrgui.exe /c

wait defragmentation finish.

start c:\"program files (x86)"\ccleaner\ccleaner.exe /auto

wait ccleaner finish.

start c:\windows\system32\cleanmgr.exe /sagerun:1

and on.. point. how can this? thanks.

start can take command line argument /wait e.g.

@echo off title test cmd start start /wait wait.cmd 5 start /wait cmd /k echo launched sec command pause

this simple illustration uses script have written (wait.cmd shown below) first command executed, see if test /wait alternative specified script allows first command finish before continuing:

@echo off rem phone call # of seconds wait set /a secs=%1 set /a ms=%secs%*1000 echo process wait %secs% seconds , continue... ping 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w %ms% > nul echo. exit

as side note if open cmd session can find out arguments command such start accepts e.g.

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so adapt commands listed in question finish before starting next command in script use:

@echo off start /wait c:\windows\system32\dfrgui.exe /c start /wait c:\"program files (x86)"\ccleaner\ccleaner.exe /auto start /wait c:\windows\system32\cleanmgr.exe /sagerun:1

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