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On 22/04/2010 08:37, Thorsten Kampe wrote:
> * Yu, Lei (Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:27:32 +0800)
>>     I want to create a windows batch file, which can
>> 1. initialize and start multiple Windows -- such as my gtalk and my MSN
>> 2. keep the applications running
>> 3. let the batch file itself exit without any trace.
>>     That is a bit difficult to achieve via normal windows batch file,
>> since batch does not provide a background running mode [...]
> 
> Sure it does: "start"

  Which can be invoked from a cygwin shell (should you still wish to do so) as
"cmd /c start" plus whatever commandline and args you wanted to launch.

    cheers,
      DaveK


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