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How is the bat being run? Usually it closes automatically.<br />
I haven't confirmed this but if it's run via a shortcut like...<br />

<pre><code id="code-20-42389684-1">cmd /k your.bat</code></pre>
 .. The cmd window will stay open. Changing that to...<br />

<pre><code id="code-20-42389684-2">cmd /c your.bat</code></pre>
... Will close the window as expected<br />
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How is the bat being run? Usually it closes automatically.
I haven't confirmed this but if it's run via a shortcut like...


cmd /k your.bat

.. The cmd window will stay open. Changing that to...


cmd /c your.bat

... Will close the window as expected

https://ss64.com/nt/cmd.html [https://ss64.com/nt/cmd.html]

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You may &nbsp;try to add 'exit' command at the end of your bat file.
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You may  try to add 'exit' command at the end of your bat file.

Yup ,just add exit to the end of the bat file.

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Hello - I made the following .bat to open 3 Word doc's I work with everyday:<br />
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&quot;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Winword.ex<wbr />e&quot; &quot;C:\MyDoc1.docx&quot; &quot;C:\MyDoc2.docx&quot; &quot;C:\MyDoc3.docx&quot; <br />
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So I can be as lazy as possible, how can I get the DOS window to close after the doc's have opened?<br />
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Thanks
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Hello - I made the following .bat to open 3 Word doc's I work with everyday:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Winword.exe" "C:\MyDoc1.docx" "C:\MyDoc2.docx" "C:\MyDoc3.docx" 

So I can be as lazy as possible, how can I get the DOS window to close after the doc's have opened?

Thanks

How to close DOS window after bat file execution?

Batch files are text files containing a script of commands that are executed by the command interpreter on DOS, OS/2 and Windows systems. Most commonly, they are used to perform a series of functions that are repeated -- copying a set of files created daily with one step, for example.