Opening multiple PDF documents using batch file
Solution 1
Use start
:
start acrord32.exe 1.pdf
start acrord32.exe 2.pdf
start acrord32.exe 3.pdf
Or even (as Johannes Rössel suggests in the comment below):
start 1.pdf
start 2.pdf
start 3.pdf
Would probably work as well (depending on your default PDF viewer).
Note that when using start
you have to be careful when using quoted arguments, as the following won't work (the first quoted argument is interpreted as the title for a new console window):
start "1.pdf"
Instead you'll have to do the following:
start "" "1.pdf"
It's an annoying quirk of start
, but you have to effectively supply a dummy title in this case to properly open the specified file (even though the title is unnecessary as this won't create a new console window).
A list of other available batch commands.
Solution 2
For me it works even without the start
command. I use:
c:\path\to\my.pdf
in cmd.exe windows frequently, and it always opens Acrobat Reader (my default viewer on Windows). In a batchfile I've written to generate PDF via Ghostscript, my last two lines are:
"%ouptutpath%\%outputfile%.pdf"
"%outputpath%\%outputfile%-optimized.pdf"
which automatically opens both generated PDFs in two different Reader windows. (My %outputpath%
contains spaces, the %outputfile%
may also have some...)
Admin
Updated on July 09, 2022Comments
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Admin almost 2 years
I am trying to open several PDF documents using a simple batch file:
ECHO OFF CLS cd Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader Acrord32.exe C:\Users\BW1.pdf Acrord32.exe C:\Users\BW2.pdf Acrord32.exe C:\Users\BW3.pdf Acrord32.exe C:\Users\BW4.pdf Acrord32.exe C:\Users\BW5.pdf Acrord32.exe C:\Users\BW6.pdf EXIT
The above batch file opens the first PDF only, then waits until I close it for the next PDF file to open. How can I have all the PDF documents open at the same time? (Like going to Acrobat Reader, file->Open->xx.pdf)
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Rich about 15 yearsIn that case you can probably use start alone on the PDF files as well. Depending on the default application for them, though :)
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Altimus Prime about 3 yearsI get the error
("C:\Users\*.pdf") was unexpected at this time.
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Moses about 2 yearsI also got this error