noobdown

i have a batch file that when its ran it opens a program could some one tell me the syntax for while in a dos prompt after the application that is ran it puts it so the dos prompt is set as the default application instead of the app i opened with the batch file via cmd prompt

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The point of your batch file is to open program, and this is in fact what it's doing. By default it gives focus to the new program. As far as I know you can not tell the batch file to give the focus back to the dos prompt. I assume you are running this in Windows, so my question is this: What are you running with the batch program, and why do you want it to give focus back to the dos prompt?

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noobdown

cause i want it to go back to the prompt so it will close it
i am using the prompt to set the infinty on my computer to play a game and i made a batch file so i did not have to type it every time when i wanted it to play the game


when in the task manager it will not let me change the inffinity for the game i have to do it manually buy dos prompt
i can get the prompt to close with the switch /c but it does not run the game

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Put all your commands in the batch file, and put a new line at the bottom with "exit".

The taskmanager should let you change the affinity, there is no reason that it shouldn't. Perhaps you aren't doing it right? Are you making sure to uncheck all of the cores that you don't want the game to run on?
(and it's Affinity, not infinity)

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noobdown

i know how the anfinnity works done it plenty of times before on xp( not on xp anymore)

i have tryied the exit after everything and it dose not close the prompt that was the frist syntax/command i tried and because the focus was on the new app that oppened it did not close the prompt

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After a 10 second Google search I found this for you:
http://images.tomshardware.com/2004/...taskassign.zip

It is a program called TaskAssign and was reviewed by Tom's Hardware shortly after dual core cpu's became the latest rage. Anyway, this will let you add your games to a list and choose how you want them to run based on affinity, and remember those settings as long as you have TaskAssign running in the background. This should keep you from having 20 batch files laying around.

Here's how to set it up if you have any trouble:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2004/05/...uck/page3.html

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noobdown

criss thanks for the app will it work with vista?
i am trying to lean towards batch files cause i want to learn how to right them properly

thanks again + rep

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I personally haven't tried the app with Vista. I only know 100% it works with XP. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. I was looking about Google for batch file related information but came up rather empty handed. I'll poke around a bit more and see if I can't find you something. Keep your subscription to this thread =)

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stanrc

the reason exit doesn't work with your situation is because it is waiting for the program (game) you are running to finish and/or close before it continues with its next step, which would be exiting.

in all honesty, if you are using it to start a game, then why does it matter when the command prompt closes? just let it stay in the background and close when you finish playing the game.

also, if you want to avoid having a bunch of batch files, just make one with some switches and that way when you run it you choose which game you are going to play. its fun stuff, let me know if you decide to go that route and i can help if you need it.

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Kriegen

If I understand what you want is the ability to have a batch program start your game, set it's affinity and then close the dos window? You can do that using the start command. Here's an example of the commands in a batch file that would open up wordpad and close the dos window


You could then just double click the batch file and you would see a dos window pop up, open wordpad and the dos window disappear.

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