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So basically you want to launch a cmd prompt. Launch the help screen for your utility and then be back at a cmd prompt so that the user can type in a command to Launch your utility. cmd /k viprerescuescanner.exe /help You da man Squashman! Who would of thought a simple "/k" would be it. A...

Thanks for the speed reply! I know I am having a hard time explaining in words what I am trying to do. The code you posted... start "" VIPRERESCUESCANNER.exe starts the virus scanner but when it is started like that VIPRE goes into auto mode and scanns ALL drives and does everything by def...

Hey all! I am trying to launch an executable and then allow the executable to continue on its own accord. I hope I am saying that right. For my test subject I am using VIPRE RESCUE SCANNER which is completely command-line based. When I launch the VIPRERESCUESCANNER.exe it loads up the cmd window and...

If I do pause TrueCrypt.exe /d S /q than truecrypt does not dismount until I press a key at the command window. I tried testing this code on Notepad.exe in place of OpenContacts.exe and the /WAIT command works. So for some reason using OpenContacts.exe with a /WAIT command does not actually wait. Wh...

Here is the batch file... ---------------- @ECHO OFF START "Launch TrueCrypt" /Dc:.\ /WAIT .\TrueCrypt.exe /Volume ComputerTechEZ /letter s /quit START "Launch OC" /Ds:\OpenContactsPortable /WAIT s:\OpenContactsPortable\OpenContacts.exe START "Dismount All TrueCrypt" /W...