Using a bat file, I want to change to a sub directory of folder which bat file is in, and run my_application.exe
in that directory,
I try:
cd /d %cd%\my subdirectory
START %~dp0my_application.exe
But it doesn't work, it says it can't find my_application.exe
Just indicate to start
command what program to start and what should be the starting folder for it.
Without the cd
command, it can be written as
start "" /d "%~dp0my_subdirectory" "my_application.exe"
if the my_application.exe
is located in the subdirectory, or
start "" /d "%~dp0my_subdirectory" "%~dp0my_application.exe"
if the application is located in the same folder as the batch file.
start
command take the first quoted parameter as the title for the new process. To avoid problems, a empty string (""
) is included in command as the title.