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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows Vista and 7 => Topic started by: x_milind on July 11, 2012, 04:46:08 AM

Title: How do i get rid of the "Press any key to continue..." on Windows 7
Post by: x_milind on July 11, 2012, 04:46:08 AM

Hello,
 I'm writing a batch script on windows, where i'm performing the following:

call abc.exe
call def.exe

After it runs the abc.exe, i get a message "Press any key to continue", and only after the key is pressed, it executes the def.exe.
How do i get rid of the "Press any key to continue" after abc.exe?

Regards,
Milind

Title: Re: How do i get rid of the "Press any key to continue..." on Windows 7
Post by: Sidewinder on July 11, 2012, 06:17:53 AM

The "Press any key to continue" message is generated by a pause statement in batch. You don't have one, so I'm thinking the abc program is putting out the message.

You might try piping a key into the abc program:

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echo. | abc
def

No guarantees, but stranger things have worked!

FWIW: call is used to tranfer control to other batch files with the expectation of returning to the original batch file (the caller). It's not necessary when running exe files.

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