Ant exec - cannot run program 'start' CreateProcess error=2

Question

I can\'t run the windows \'start\' using ant exec. Ant version 1.7.1.

Here is sample build.xml to recreate the problem

Answer 1

start is not an executable but is an internal command of the cmd.exe shell, so to start something you'd have to:

EDIT:

For spawning multiple windows, this should work:

but you mentioned that spawn="true" is not applicable for your environment, why is that?