Can't make batch file to start a second .bat

Question

I have this code

@echo off
cd c:\windows\System32
for /f "skip=3 tokens=1" %%i in ('TASKLIST /FI "USERNAME eq %userdomain%\%username%"     /FI "STATUS eq running"') do (
if not "%%i"=="svchost.exe" (
if not "%%i"=="cmd.exe" (
if not "%%i"=="skype.exe" (
if not "%%i"=="origin.exe" (
if not "%%i"=="chrome.exe" (
echo.
taskkill /f /im "%%i" 
echo.
)
)
)
)
)
) 
pause

right, and what i want it to do, is to run %~dp0start.bat at the end of all operations. How to do this? I tried the code bellow, but it doesn't work.

pause
goto start

:start
%~dp0start.bat

Answer 1

Your description of what it is you're trying to do finally made the problem clear to me (probably why you should include as much detail as possible in the question itself).

Let's not even go into why you're doing this, and whether it's a great idea killing off processes such as dwm.exe (Desktop Window Manager), explorer.exe etc. in the first place.

Your problem is that you're running a batch file that is attempting to execute commands after you have forcibly killed off conhost.exe (Console Window Host).

Do you understand now why this is the equivalent of an unreachable code compiler error?

Answer 2

I’m taking a wild guess, since I used cmd.exe about a year ago...

Putting “pause” in front of the commands breaks the file, try adding another “pause” after the dpstart.bat. Since there is no stopping command at the end, it will skip everything after the last one.

Answer 3

To start that file, type:

start %~dp0start.bat

If %~dp0start.bat is not in the same directory as the file you are trying to start it with, pretend %~dp0start.bat is in C:\Users\Adam\file\

type:

cd "C:\Users\Adam\file\"

start %~dp0start.bat

hope i helped you