Run Multiple .exe Files from a Batch File Simultaneously and Silently

Question

I am on windows 10 and i need to run multiple executable files from a batch file silently, without waiting for them to finish. at the moment i have:

@echo off
start "" "%~dp0executable.exe" /q
start "" "%~dp0executable2.exe" /q

but this still opens multiple console windows.
any workarounds that achieve the same results are welcome.

Answer 1

Your executables seem to be console applications, otherwise no console window would appear.

Anyway, the start command features an option /B ; here is an excerpt of the output of start /? :

  B Start application without creating a new window. The application has ^C handling ignored. Unless the application enables ^C processing, ^Break is the only way to interrupt the application. 

By ^C and ^Break , pressing Ctrl + C and Ctrl + Pause/Break is meant, respectively.

Answer 2

In case you have a third .exe that needs to wait after the first two started simultaneously you can also use the start /w argument for the second one and call the third like so:

@echo off
start /B "%~dp0executable.exe"
start /W "%~dp0executable2.exe"
call "%~dp0executable3.exe"