How to change to a subdirectory and run an exe using a bat file in a Windows 7 system?

alwbtc picture alwbtc · Mar 10, 2014 · Viewed 10.5k times · Source

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

Answer

MC ND picture MC ND · Mar 10, 2014

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.