How to run a .bat from inside the IDE

Question

What I want to do is very simple, yet can\'t find the way to do it.
In my projects I have several .bat files (I know, I\'m old) the perform some tasks like running SqlMe

Answer 1

Merely a suggestion: This is a scenario which can be done with the VsCommandBuddy extension. The following configuration is an example:

{
    "cmdname": "mk",
    "title": "Run MK.BAT",
    "description": "Run the MK bat file.",
    "cwd": "$(SolutionDir)",
    "filename": "cmd.exe",
    "arguments": "/C mk.bat",
    "async": false
}

You can assign shortkeys as well, so you can invoke your batch files with shortcut keys. Output comes in your output pane.