DOS Commands?

Question

Is there a DOS command that can be executed in a batch file that launches a program, and continues with the rest of the batch before the launched program ends? (CALL does not continue with the batch until the launched program ends).

Answer 1

If you really mean DOS, as in MS-DOS, then no, because MS-DOS is not a multi-tasking operating system. If you are referring to the Win32 Command Processor, stop calling it DOS. It is a much more powerful command-line interpreter than the old MS-DOS one, and it has approximately equivalent power to Unix shells (except that most people don't realise it.)

The command you are looking for is:

START command

where 'command' can be any command that can be typed on a command line, including a program name.

For advanced usage and full syntax of the START command, type START/? and for help on all other cmd.exe commands, enter the following command:

"%Windir%\Help\ntcmds.chm"

Answer 2

start program.exe


that should work