Open program after another one closes

[Dosanderson]

i want a dos batch to detect when I close a certain file and automatically open another file, any ideas?

[foxidrive]

Task list in a loop will help, if your OS has tasklist.exe

[Dosanderson]

I'm going to run on multiple machines, I can't be sure all have task list.

[foxidrive]

Tasklist or PSlist (free download from Microsoft) will allow you to monitor what is running easily.

[Squashman]

Windows XP and above all have TASKLIST

[foxidrive]

Does XP Home have tasklist but not taskkill? I am 99% sure it doesn't have taskkill.exe but not sure about tasklist.exe

EDIT:

Ahh, it doesn't have either. But it's available.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... 1c107441a5

[Squashman]

Does XP Home have tasklist but not taskkill? I am 99% sure it doesn't have taskkill.exe but not sure about tasklist.exe

EDIT:

Ahh, it doesn't have either. But it's available.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... 1c107441a5

Ah Yes. There were a few OxyMorons (pun intended) at Microsoft with Windows XP Home. It had TSKILL but not TASKKILL. Makes not sense to not include TASKLIST.

[foxidrive]

i want a dos batch to detect when I close a certain file and automatically open another file, any ideas?

Are you talking about program files, or data files?

[Dosanderson]

i want a dos batch to detect when I close a certain file and automatically open another file, any ideas?

Are you talking about program files, or data files?

Program files

[pditty8811]

Would it be ok if the batch file started with the first program? It would then detect when you close the first program process, then it would launch the second.

[Dosanderson]

Would it be ok if the batch file started with the first program? It would then detect when you close the first program process, then it would launch the second.

Yeah that would work fine, can you go into a little more detail about how to do this?