Solve : DOS equivalent to UNIX "?

1.	Solve : DOS equivalent to UNIX "?
Answer» Hello, Quite new to using DOS (my first post). In a BAT file, I WANT to run a command (open paint.exe with a bitmap) and leave it open while I run ANOTHER command. In UNIX, I would have done something LIKE: "paint.exe xxx.bmp & prog.exe" Is there an DOS equivalent of the UNIX "&"? If not, Any ideas how I can do this? Cheers, Nickuse the command "start" befor each program you want to run. start paint.exe xxx.bmp start prog.exe you can also have the batch file wait for the program to end befor going on to the next line, start minimized etc. go to a dos prompt and TYPE "start /?" to find out the syntax etc.Thanks! works fine.... 8-)

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