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Subject: How to Start Multiple Windows Apps Using Cygwin
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Hi there,
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 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.
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 That is a bit difficult to achieve via normal windows ba=
tch file,
since batch does not provide a background running mode, so the whole
process will be blocked at the first application starts, and all the
subsequent application will not get called before the first exits.
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 And then I turned to Cygwin.=C2=A0 Seems it could achiev=
e task 1 and
task 2.=C2=A0 However, it could not achieve task 3, which means that the
cygwin window will be kept open, until both (all) of the applications
get closed.=C2=A0 So I wonder whether there is any possibility, to achieve
all the 3 tasks I want?=C2=A0 And if yes, how?

=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Below is the batch file I've written, any comments are w=
elcome.

Lei
-------------------------
rem @echo off
C:
chdir C:\cygwin\bin
bash --login -c "/c/Program\ Files/Google/Google\ Talk/googletalk.exe
/startmenu &"
bash --login -c "/c/Program\ Files/Windows\ Live/Messenger/msnmsgr.exe &"
rem exit
pause

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