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Run MSDOS Apps in Background

OS : Windows 95

User Level : Medium

You can run an application in the background from a DOS prompt 

to save you time.To do this, create a batch file in the  

c:\windows\command directory (or any other directory in the path) 

called bg.bat with the following lines:@echo offstart /m %1 %2  %3 

%4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9:end. For example, to unzip a file in the 

background, you would run:bg pkunzip foo.zip c:\temp. The  DOS 

prompt will reappear, and the zip file will extract in the background.

Updated: March 14, 2001