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Asked: 2026-05-23T01:03:34+00:00

I have to make a short Windows shell script. Please don’t run away. It

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I have to make a short Windows shell script. Please don’t run away. It couldn’t be simpler, but I just can’t find the way to make this frankly primitive command-line to work with me.

I simply want to run dxdiag, and do something with the gathered data.

Thing is, I can’t get the script to wait for dxdiag to finish, since it spawns the process and keeps on going. I need the file to exist and have the information before moving on to the next line.

Using start /wait has no effect, I’m guessing because there’s no GUI involved.

I’m starting to think this isn’t possible. Please help!

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  1. Editorial Team

    I tried something like this

    start /wait dxdiag /x:SomeXmlFile

    And it is working for me in Windows Vista.

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