Batch file waits for Notepad to close

[pthomass]

Hi,

I made a batch file that I put in a WinZip self extractor. The idea is that the zip-file extracts to a folder, and then the bat file gets executed. It copies files to

"C:\Program Files\ShutdownForUPS"

"%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Shutdown For UPS"

and to "%Windir%\System32

After that it needs to delete the original files that the zip-file extracted. I do this by first deleting the files in all folders and subfolders and then deleting the folders itself.

Afterwards I CALL a Readme file, and that is where the problem is. When the ReadMe file is called, the DOS window remains in the background. Only when I close the file, the DOS window closes (end of Bat file).

Is it possible to close the DOS window without closing the Readme file?

Is it also possible to delete the bat file automatically when all is executed???

Here is the bat file

set currentdir=%cd%
mkdir "c:\Program Files\ShutdownForUPS"
copy %currentdir%\shutdownforups\shutdownforups.exe "C:\Program Files\ShutdownForUPS"
copy %currentdir%\shutdownforups\shutdown.bat "C:\Program Files\ShutdownForUPS"
copy %currentdir%\shutdownforups\stop.bat "C:\Program Files\ShutdownForUPS"
copy %currentdir%\shutdownforups\ReadMe.txt "C:\Program Files\ShutdownForUPS"
copy %currentdir%\shutdownforups\shutdown.exe %Windir%\System32
copy %currentdir%\shutdownforups\richtx32.ocx %Windir%\System32
mkdir "%UserProfile%\Menu Start\Programma's\ShutdownForUPS"
copy %currentdir%\shutdownforups\StartMenu\ShutdownForUPS.lnk "%UserProfile%\Menu Start\Programma's\ShutdownForUPS"
rem Call "C:\Program Files\ShutdownForUPS\ReadMe.txt
del %currentdir%\ShutdownForUPS\StartMenu /f /q
del %currentdir%\ShutdownForUPS /f /q
rd %currentdir%\ShutdownForUPS\StartMenu
rd %currentdir%\ShutdownForUPS

Thanks in advance

[Scarecrow Man]

Perhaps add a line that asks the user for the next input after the readme. Like finish. Unless there is another command you want to issue after readme.

like

rem What would you like to do next?

option 1 end

option 2 call readme.txt

The code is not exact, but the general idea is the same.

[DavisMcCarn]

Lose the "Call" in front of the txt file. It is keeping the batch file from moving on.

[pthomass]

Lose the "Call" in front of the txt file.  It is keeping the batch file from moving on.

Didn't work. Notepad opened but the DOS window still stayed open.

[pthomass]

Solved it

Start "" "C:\Temp\ReadMe.txt"

[DavisMcCarn]

Geeze, you just trashed my antique MS-Dos 5.0 reference manual, which was the last one published with decent command details!

As a note; though, Start won't work on Win9x/ME.

[pthomass]

Lol