Question

I am trying to open a batch file which is opened by another batch file which is supposed to start a JVM but when I try to open it all I get is a cmd prompt with path to my desktop in it.

This is the content of the batch file I use to open the JVM. (run.bat which is in the same folder as myJar.jar)

"C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\java.exe" -Xmx2048M -Xms2048M -jar myJar.jar

And this is the line I use to open the previos batch file. (Which is on my desktop)

start /HIGH /MIN "My Folder\run.bat"

Can somebody please explain me why it doesn’t work and how I can fix it?

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: I have tried to open another bat which just had echo Hi! in it but even that didn’t work. Is it even possible to open a .bat using a .bat?

Answer 1

If I type your command, I also get a new window. But I notice that the title of the window is My Folder\run.bat. This is because if the start command sees a parameter with quotes, it assumes that it is the title of the new window.

Try start /HIGH /MIN "This is my title" "My Folder\run.bat"