BAT Script

NickM · 7 Aug 2010 at 20:12

I'm trying to make a bat script that runs 2 ultramon shortcuts at once, this is what I'm trying:

"C:\Program Files\UltraMon\UltraMonShortcuts.exe" /l C:\ProgramData\Realtime Soft\UltraMon\ShellShortcuts\Volume Control.umshortcut

"C:\Program Files\UltraMon\UltraMonShortcuts.exe" /l C:\ProgramData\Realtime Soft\UltraMon\ShellShortcuts\Audio On.umshortcut

This just runs the first shortcut only and leaves the command window open. I tried putting extra quotes around each line, didn't help.
Help please!

marc2003 · 7 Aug 2010 at 20:32

start "C:\Program Files\UltraMon\UltraMonShortcuts.exe" /l C:\ProgramData\Realtime Soft\UltraMon\ShellShortcuts\Volume Control.umshortcut

start "C:\Program Files\UltraMon\UltraMonShortcuts.exe" /l C:\ProgramData\Realtime Soft\UltraMon\ShellShortcuts\Audio On.umshortcut

NickM · 7 Aug 2010 at 20:34

That opens neither of them

marc2003 · 7 Aug 2010 at 20:37

maybe you need quotes around the 2nd part as well? it shouldn't be a problem with the start command. it's just telling the batch not to wait which is what was happening before. try "start notepad.exe" vs just "notepad.exe" for example....

NickM · 7 Aug 2010 at 20:44

Ah I see what you mean. I tried

start "C:\Program Files\UltraMon\UltraMonShortcuts.exe" "/l C:\ProgramData\Realtime Soft\UltraMon\ShellShortcuts\Volume Control.umshortcut"

start "C:\Program Files\UltraMon\UltraMonShortcuts.exe" "/l C:\ProgramData\Realtime Soft\UltraMon\ShellShortcuts\Audio On.umshortcut"

and

start "C:\Program Files\UltraMon\UltraMonShortcuts.exe" /l "C:\ProgramData\Realtime Soft\UltraMon\ShellShortcuts\Volume Control.umshortcut"

start "C:\Program Files\UltraMon\UltraMonShortcuts.exe" /l "C:\ProgramData\Realtime Soft\UltraMon\ShellShortcuts\Audio On.umshortcut"

but they came up with errors.

edit: Solved it! I moved the /l inside the first quote and put quote around the 2nd string. Thanks for the pointers.