Opening Chrome From Command Line

windows google-chrome batch-file command-prompt
user1473784 picture user1473784 · Jan 16, 2013 · Viewed 233.4k times · Source

I have the following batch file:

@echo off
REM Starts a chrome browser with multiple tabbed sites
C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe "site1.com" "site2.com"

But when I run it, it causes the prompt to hang and renders it unusable until Chrome is closed. (Or, if I am not using the prompt and run it from the icon, it opens a blank prompt that is unusable and disappears when Chrome is closed.)

Is there any way to prevent this? I.E. once the webpages are open, the prompt is no longer tied up.

It opens the webpages just fine. I've also noticed that if there's already a chrome window open, the batch runs fine (leaving a usable prompt), adding the tabs to the existing chrome session.

Answer

GavinH picture GavinH · Jan 16, 2013

Have a look into the start command. It should do what you're trying to achieve.

Also, you might be able to leave out path to chrome. The following works on Windows 7:

start chrome "site1.com" "site2.com"

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