Batch to close window

[eagle13]

Hi

I am a total batch n00b so be easy on me!
I have a batch file that will open some mapped drives on a computer.

The format is simple:
start G:\
start H:\
start I:\
start J:\

The batch works ok so far, but I am left with these windows open. Is there some more code I can put on the end that will close the windows and return to a clean desktop?

[uli_glueck]

"exit" closes cmd windows

uli

[eagle13]

I don't need to close the cmd window, that closes automatically.

I mean I need to close the Explorer window, the one I opened with the batch file in the first place!

in other words, G:\ window contents is now open, I want to close it with a batch command.

[uli_glueck]

Oh.
Killing the explorer task might be an option. "kill".
Why do you open the explorer? Is there no way to avoid it?
Dumb question I know, but...

uli

[Sidewinder]

You would need to send keystrokes to each of the open windows. Batch coding cannot do this, but VBScript can:

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Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.AppActivate "[highlight]Window Title[/highlight]"
WScript.Sleep 100
WshShell.SendKeys "{F4}"

The highlighted area contains the Window title NOT the executing program name which presumably is explorer. You can repeat the last three statements as needed.

After saving the script with a VBS extension, run with cscript scriptname.vbs

There is also a program called AutoIt that can be helpful in this situation but VBScript is already installed on your machine.

 8-)