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Asked: 2026-05-26T07:06:52+00:00

i have a sequence of 3 programs that have to be launched one after

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i have a sequence of 3 programs that have to be launched one after another. I found on the web something like that wich is exactly what i whant to do :

start /wait /b First.exe
start /wait /b Second.exe
start /wait /b Third.exe

My problem is that i have 1000 sequence to launch…
So i tried

start "exemple" "start /wait /b First.exe
start /wait /b Second.exe
start /wait /b Third.exe"
start "exemple2" "start /wait /b First.exe
start /wait /b Second.exe
start /wait /b Third.exe"

I also tried

start /b First1.exe
start /wait /b Second1.exe
start /wait /b Third1.exe

start /b First2.exe
start /wait /b Second2.exe
start /wait /b Third2.exe

This is not working too…
So i do not know how to do it.

any idea?
thx 🙂

[EDIT ]

Let’s try to make it more clear

start "exemple" "start /wait /b First.exe
start /wait /b Second.exe
start /wait /b Third.exe"
start "exemple2" "start /wait /b First.exe
start /wait /b Second.exe
start /wait /b Third.exe"

This failed because the 2nd start is not recognized, it says that windows can’t find ‘start /wait /b First.exe’

start /b First1.exe
start /wait /b Second1.exe
start /wait /b Third1.exe

start /b First2.exe
start /wait /b Second2.exe
start /wait /b Third2.exe

This failed because the order is
First1.exe and Second1.exe are launched.
Then the computer wait the end of Second1.exe to launch First2.exe and Second2.exe …

The order i would like is
The computer launch First1.exe & First2.exe
Second1.exe is launched when First1.exe finished and Second2.exe is launched when First2.exe finished.

I would like to avoid using one .cmd per execution (this would be my fail solution).

I wish i’m more clear this time!

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  1. Editorial Team

    You will need one instance of cmd.exe for each sequence, in addition to the main instance. The operating system has no built-in support for sequencing processes, and cmd.exe doesn’t support threading in command files.

    You can do it like this:

     start "sequence1" cmd /c "First.exe & Second.exe & Third.exe"
 start "sequence2" cmd /c "First.exe & Second.exe & Third.exe"
 start "sequence3" cmd /c "First.exe & Second.exe & Third.exe"
 ...

    The only way to avoid the (fairly modest) overhead of the extra instances of cmd.exe would be to write a solution in a real programming language rather than as a batch file.

    You may also want to consider whether this is really want you want to do. Windows doesn’t typically perform very well when hundreds of processes are running simultaneously.

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