I have recently just learned how to create a very basic .bat file. Basically i have 3 main programs which i want to open up after Win XP starts. I DO NOT want them to open up AS XP starts, otherwise i'd add them to the startup menu. Instead i want to be able to click on a batch file to open all 3 programs. I have written the batch file (below) and it works fine. But i now want program 2 (second line of batch file) to open up 30 seconds after the first program and the 3rd program (line 3) to open up 20 seconds after the second one.

What do i add to the lines to make this work ?

I have included the e raw text from my batch file below to see if anyone can help me place the correct text on the lines that need it to enable this delay to work :

Best Regards
Andrew

Start "" "C:\Program Files\Kinetic\BaseStation\BaseStation.exe"
Start "" "C:\Documents and Settings\Andrew\Desktop\DUMP\SBS-1\SBSPopulateDB_1.0.0.11\SBSPopulateDB_1_0_0_11.ap plication"
Start "" "C:\Documents and Settings\Andrew\Desktop\DUMP\SBS-1\flight lookup\Flight Display 6\FlightDisplay_6_0_0_0.application"

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Hehe I don't have much experience with batch files but google often helps you know

Hi, and thanks for the quick reply, but that doesn't seem to work, they all still open up at the same time !. I'm pretty new to all this, so is this what you mean ?

Start "" "C:\Program Files\Kinetic\BaseStation\BaseStation.exe"
choice /n/30:c,25/c:cc
Start "" "C:\Documents and Settings\Andrew\Desktop\DUMP\SBS-1\SBSPopulateDB_1.0.0.11\SBSPopulateDB_1_0_0_11.ap plication"
choice /n/30:c,25/c:cc
Start "" "C:\Documents and Settings\Andrew\Desktop\DUMP\SBS-1\flight lookup\Flight Display 6\FlightDisplay_6_0_0_0.application"

Regards, Andrew

maybe this? TYPE NUL | CHOICE.COM /N /CY /TY,20 >NUL

But to tell you the truth I've no idea from batch files. I just thought the link would work :P

Edit: Oh d@mn choice doesn't exist in win xp anymore :/ you can copy it from win 98 but I guess you should search for a different solution. I'm no forum tech support anyways :P

hi, well i seem to have done what i wanted using a program called "batchrun" !. It seems to work for this purpose although i'm still curious as to how to get it to work from a user created batch file without using a software related program !

Best Regards,
Andrew

Hello,

If the computers are connected to a network, you could use the ping command.

example:

start program1
ping 1.1.1.1 -n 3 -w 1000 > nul
start program2
ping 1.1.1.1 -n 6 -w 1000 > nul
start program3

n=number of times ping will retry to communicate with the IP address
w=number of milliseconds between the retries

So you can adjust either number as you see fit to get the delay time you are looking for.

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Steve