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Question feed. If you want to start multiple executable files, keep in mind that the batch file opens each of the files almost immediately. If you want some delay, consider using the pause command or sleep utility. If the file path contains a space within a folder name, you need to enclose that folder name in double quotes. For example, if you had Google Chrome installed on your computer and wanted to start the Chrome browser through a batch file, you could use the command below.

The Program Files x86 folder name includes spaces in it. This solution also does not address the specified window title occurring multiple times all "matching" processes will be killed. Show 2 more comments. Using tasklist. Using wmic. Andy Arismendi Andy Arismendi 47k 16 16 gold badges 97 97 silver badges bronze badges. Oliver Zendel Oliver Zendel 2, 27 27 silver badges 28 28 bronze badges. Of course this does introduce a racing condition if you execute multiple versions of the script in parallel.

In case of taskkill this might be harmfull as a once killed pid could be reassigned to a completely different thread which you do not want to get killed "again". At that stage you should probably not rely on windows batch syntax anyways : — Oliver Zendel. This also does not address process ID re-use. Thanks a lot to user - npocmaka. German Geraskin German Geraskin 1. If Firefox is already running this gets the process ID of the new, temporary instance of Firefox which quits immediately after telling the already running Firefox instance to show a new window and load the specified URL.

I suggest my approach based on PowerShell shown above instead to avoid such uncertainties. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. The Overflow Blog.