I recently learned a small handy trick which allows us to start multiple applications at once. If you are like me who has to open 5-6 programs at once then it will come really handy. Running multiple programs turn by turn is too boring for me, that’s why I use this trick to open multiple programs instantly.
Open a notepad and type,
@echo off
Below this line write the code to open any application, for e.g the code for opening Firefox will be,
start “Firefox” "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
Here is how you write the code, first type start and then name of application and then it’s location. Name and Location of application must be in quotation marks respectively.
You can find the location of the application by right-clicking it and then selecting Properties.
After you have written the codes of all programs that you wan to open, go to File and click Save As, now save the file as [any file name].bat and next to Save as type, select All files as shown in the screenshot below. Please note that I have added .bat(batch file extension) at the end of file name.
Since I open 5 different applications whenever my computer starts, here is how my .bat file looks like,
Click your batch file that you have created and all programs which you have added will open at once instantly. Enjoy!
Share this article!
9 Comments
I wonder how to start 4 different MS Works spreadsheet files with a single mouse click?
start “” “C:\Docs\yourfile1.xls”
start “” “C:\Docs\yourfile2.xls”
start “” “C:\Docs\yourfile3.xls”
start “” “C:\Docs\yourfile4.xls”
Using start with the path to your files, it should launches files too.
i got that, i have some programs that still aske me for where to install the program, license agrement, and so on.. what can i do in my batch to fill all that information and install silently???
There’s also a program that lets you write a text file with each line being either a file, program or web page URL and after you give the text file a .multifire file extension then when you double-click on it everything will be opened. You can download the Multifire software at http://sites.google.com/site/spiveyworks/multifire
Hey I think i have made some mistake please help me ,,
I have used the following code.
@echo off
start “Desktop Hard Drive” “http://acnt.com/product.asp?pf_id=HD320W512”
This should open this website however i get a error message as “Windows cannot find the Desktop Hard drive Please check the name correctly and try again” what does this mean ,, i have saved the file as .bat
@echo off
start iexplore.exe -new http://acnt.com/product.asp?pf_id=HD320W512
exit
@echo off
start iexplore.exe -new http://acnt.com/product.asp?pf_id=HD320W512
exit
@echo off
start iexplore.exe -new http://acnt.com/product.asp?pf_id=HD320W512
exit
Heh, neat, and easy. Is there any way to run a for loop in a batch file? I could bother some of my friends with a for loop set to 100 opening a url or two haha.
8 Trackbacks
[...] we have to create a batch file to open multiple websites. If you have read the post in the link above you will learn to make batch [...]
[...] Open Multiple Applications With A Single Click Instantly [...]
[...] few months back I wrote a quick tip to create a batch file so that you can launch multiple applications or websites. But now it has become much more easier, Batch Runner is a free tool that allows you to [...]
[...] few months back I wrote a quick tip to create a batch file so that you can launch multiple applications or websites. But now it has become much more easier with Batch Runner. It is a free tool that [...]
[...] in January we covered how you can open multiple applications and multiple websites in one click. The procedure required users to create their own batch file [...]
[...] year we covered a tip which allowed the user to launch favorite applications in one click. It required no 3rd party [...]
[...] a comment Last year we covered a tip which allows Windows user to launch favorite applications in one click. With this method one [...]
[...] line of code into batch file. In case you don’t know how to create a batch file, learn the basics here.dc.exe -dccmd.exe –listmonitorsWhen executed, it would return the current screen resolution along [...]