Automatically running a programme from cmd on startup?

DJMK4 · 6 Aug 2010 at 09:08

Hi there,

Just a quick explination of what I am trying to achieve, I need to create a shortcut or some sort of batch file which runs on startup (so it needs to be placed in startup folder) which runs in cmd that will open one of my server apps (nzbget) a news grabber application that runs in a command window.

At the moment, to start it, I log on to my server (Windows 2003), open up a command window and type the following

cd c:\
cd utils
cd nzbget-0.6.0
nzbget -s

which will then target and open a file in the following directory

C:\Utils\nzbget-0.6.0 and run the file nzbget.exe

Any ideas on the best way to automate this process on startup? shortcut?

Nem · 6 Aug 2010 at 09:13

Copy those 4 lines into notepad. Save the file as run.bat instead of a .txt file. Drop that .bat file in the startup folder.

Westyfield2 · 6 Aug 2010 at 09:19

Nem said:
Copy those 4 lines into notepad. Save the file as run.bat instead of a .txt file. Drop that .bat file in the startup folder.

This is what I've done

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DJMK4 · 6 Aug 2010 at 09:21

Excellent, thanks

bledd · 6 Aug 2010 at 10:47

no need for all 4 lines,

just paste this into the bat file..

C:\Utils\nzbget-0.6.0\nzbget -s

SiriusB · 6 Aug 2010 at 11:43

bledd. said:
no need for all 4 lines,

just paste this into the bat file..

C:\Utils\nzbget-0.6.0\nzbget -s

It shouldn't have been 4 lines anyway! It could have been

cd C:\Utils\nzbget-0.6.0

Though bledd is correct, the change directory command isn't needed at all in your case.

chaosophy · 6 Aug 2010 at 21:59

Sorry to state the obvious but you want a short cut to a program in start up?
Why not, erm, create a short cut to it in start up?

DJMK4 · 6 Aug 2010 at 22:56

chaosophy said:
Sorry to state the obvious but you want a short cut to a program in start up?
Why not, erm, create a short cut to it in start up?

Wont work, its not an installed application like you can access from the start menu, its an executable file which needs to be run through command prompt, if you try to double click on the exe file it will just open for a second then close again.

NiCkNaMe · 6 Aug 2010 at 23:15

Presumably because it requires the -s switch... you can add this to the short cut if you want! Either method achieves the same result though.

DJMK4 · 6 Aug 2010 at 23:16

I just used the 4 lines in a batch file, works fine.