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Asked: June 14, 20262026-06-14T17:02:24+00:00 2026-06-14T17:02:24+00:00

I would like to start a program with a Windows batch file. But the

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I would like to start a program with a Windows batch file. But the program should stop after a certain timeout value. For example: Run the program 60 seconds and stop it after 60 seconds.

Under Linux, there is this nice timeout command to do what I want. Windows has also a timeout command, but it’s just to pause a command, to delay it’s execution. Is there something else under Windows to do so?

Setup: Windows 7, 64 Bit, Professional

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    2026-06-14T17:02:27+00:00Added an answer on June 14, 2026 at 5:02 pm
    start yourprogram.exe
    timeout /t 60
    taskkill /im yourprogram.exe /f
    
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