为什么通过批处理文件使用命令start启动的程序在通过Windows资源管理器运行时无法运行？

Question

::Checks if there is a JRE installed
start "%USERPROFILE%\Downloads\ConfCompiler\Tools\CheckJre.exe"

When I copy and paste the file location above into Windows Explorer it works fine. But the program does not run from the batch file I have created.

The purpose of CheckJre.exe is to create new keys inside of HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

The keys are created when I simply run it from Windows Explorer. But the keys are NOT created when running it from the batch file. The batch file just results in displaying a command prompt window with showing CheckJre.exe with full path in title bar.

Does anyone have a hint why?

Answer 1

Command start interprets the first double quoted string as title for the command line window to open. For all options of command start enter in a command prompt window either start /? or help start .

You need to explicitly specify a title in your batch file because of the double quoted string to run CheckJre.exe .

Use in batch file:

start "Check JRE" "%USERPROFILE%\Downloads\ConfCompiler\Tools\CheckJre.exe"