Start-starts a separate window to run a specified program or command.

This command can start multiple processes in the batchcompute (BAT) file and execute them at the same time!

For example:

Start CMD/C .. \ dynamips-0.2.8-RC2-cygwin \ dynamips-w2000.exe-H 7200
.. \ Dynagen-0.11.0 \ dynagen. py experiment 1.net

Start["Title"] [/DPath]
[/I] [/Min] [/MAX] [/Separate |/shared]
[/Low|/Normal|/High|/Realtime] [/Wait]
[/B] [Filename] [Parameters]

Parameters

None

Used without parameters,StartOpens a second command prompt
Window.

"Title"

Specifies the title to display in window title bar.

/D Path

Specifies the startup directory.

/I

Passes the cmd.exe startup environment to the new window.

/Min

Starts a new minimized window.

/MAX

Starts a new maximized window.

/Separate

Starts 16-bit Windows programs in separate memory space.

/Shared

Starts 16-bit Windows programs in shared memory space.

/Low

Starts an application in the idle priority class.

/Normal

Starts an application in the normal priority class.

/High

Starts an application in the High priority class.

/Realtime

Starts an application in the realtime priority class.

/Wait

Starts an application and waits for it to end.

/B

Does not create a new window. CTRL + C handling is ignored unless
Application enables Ctrl + C processing. use Ctrl + break to interrupt
Application.

Filename

Specifies the command or program to start.

Parameters

Specifies parameters to pass to the command or program.

When command extensions are enabled (the default setting in Windows 2000 ),
External command invocation through the command line orStartCommand
Changes as follows:

• Nonexecutable files may be invoked through their file association just
  Typing the name of the file as a command. For example,word.doc
  Wocould open the application associated with the. DOC file extension. Click
  AssocAndFTYPEIn the related topics list for information on
  Creating these associations from within a Command Script.
• When executing an application that is a 32-bit GUI application,CMD
  Does not wait for the application to terminate before returning to the command
  Prompt. This new behavior does not occur if executing within a Command Script.
• When executing a command line whose first token is the string "cmd"
  An extension or path qualifier, then "cmd" is replaced with the value of
  Comspec variable. This prevents picking upCMDFrom the current
  Directory.
• When executing a command line whose first token does not contain
  Extension, then cmd. EXE uses the value of the pathext environment variable
  Determine which extensions to look for and in what order. The default value
  The pathext variable is:

          .COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD

  Note

• The syntax is the same as the PATH variable, with semicolons separating
  Different elements.
• When searching for an executable, if there is no match on any extension,
  Then looks to see if the name matches a directory name. If it does,
  StartCommand opens Windows Explorer on that path. If done from
  Command line, it is the equivalent to usingCD/dCommand to that
  Path.