It's probably simpler to use the "TITLE" command in a batch file to set
the title, thusly :



@echo off
title My Program
start /w /b "C:\Program Files\My Application\My Program" /parameters



.....please note - there's no need for "quotes" after the 'title'
command.


==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Lushington" <Lushington@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:44BE1C72-2178-4163-A571-00A1D7A4B4AF@microsoft.com...
> Interestingly, another parameter for start is "title" which "Specifies
> the
> title to display in Command Prompt window title bar." Even though this
> parameter is supposedly optional, it seems that if the filename for
> the app
> to be executed is enclosed in double quotes (as in my example, because
> of the
> spaces in the path), then the start command uses the filename as the
> title,
> doesn't find anything to execute, and completes without doing
> anything.
>
> I had to use this syntax to get it to work:
>
> start "mytitle" /wait "C:\Program Files\My Application\My Program"
> /parameters
>
> and you're right, /B or no /B didn't seem to make a difference.
>
> Start command syntax:
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb491005.aspx
>
> "Tim Meddick" wrote:
>
>> I use the "/b" switch always (just to be on the safe side) but I
>> think
>> that it really only applies to 'Command-line' tools and Win16 DOS
>> apps.
>>
>> ==
>>
>> Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Lushington" <Lushington@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:F3E0269E-7342-44AB-B2E0-6D952775C3CF@microsoft.com...
>> > Thanks (and to Tim Meddick too). The help file just has /wait
>> > rather
>> > than /w
>> > but that's a small point.
>> >
>> > And I think if I use the /B parameter, it won't open a Command
>> > Prompt
>> > window, either.
>> >
>> > "." wrote:
>> >
>> >> start "" /w Program1
>> >> start "" /w Program2
>> >>
>> >> start /? for help
>> >> --
>> >> ..
>> >> --
>> >> "Lushington" <Lushington@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> >> message
>> >> news:E4484895-A1D2-4FA2-9CF7-31E0DAA75EED@microsoft.com...
>> >> > It's been a long time since I've done any batch programming and
>> >> > I
>> >> > need my
>> >> > memory refreshed.
>> >> >
>> >> > If I start two applications in sequence
>> >> >
>> >> > @echo off
>> >> > "C:\Program Files\My Application\My Program" /parameters
>> >> > "C:\Program Files\Another App\Another Program" /parameters
>> >> >
>> >> > Does the first program have to complete before the second one
>> >> > starts
>> >> > (which
>> >> > is what I want)? Or do I have to be a little fancier?
>> >> >
>> >> > A Command Prompt window opens when the batch file is executed.
>> >> > Is
>> >> > there a
>> >> > way to close the Command Prompt window before the programs
>> >> > complete?
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>