How to automatically close cmd window after batch file execution?

Question

I\'m running a batch file that has these two lines:

start C:\\Users\\Yiwei\\Downloads\\putty.exe -load \"MathCS-labMachine1\"
\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Xmi         


        

Answer 1

You could try the somewhat dangerous: taskkill /IM cmd.exe ..dangerous bcz that will kill the cmd that is open and any cmd's opened before it.

Or add a verification to confirm that you had the right cmd.exe and then kill it via PID, such as this:

set loc=%time%%random%
title=%loc%
for /f "tokens=2 delims= " %%A in ('tasklist /v ^| findstr /i "%loc%"') do (taskkill /PID %%A) 

Substitute (pslist &&A) or (tasklist /FI "PID eq %%A") for the (taskkill /PID %%A) if you want to check it first (and maybe have pstools installed).