Comments on: 3 Ways To Prevent Command Prompt From Closing After Running Commands (Batch File Pause)

By: Travis

Travis — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 11:28:41 +0000

This was wildly helpful, thank you so much.

By: Gogu

Gogu — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 22:36:00 +0000

Hello, can you please post the full version for that .reg file with the cmd.exe /k? The third way doesn’t work for me, and i really need that cmd to stay open after running basics programs with visual studio. Thanks in advace

By: Leonard

Leonard — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 09:47:26 +0000

The third way for keeping a batch file window open assumes that you have Power Shell included in your Windows installation. Here is a possible solution for the standard Windows command interpreter:

Open regedit and go to each one of:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\shell\open\command]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cmdfile\shell\open\command]

Now change the “Default key value” to cmd.exe /k “%1” %*. Now, every batch script window will stay open after its execution.

By: Usman Khurshid

Usman Khurshid — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 04:43:20 +0000

In reply to Michal. Hi Michal, you should look for the automatically executing command prompt entry in your startup items.

By: Michal

Michal — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 14:06:56 +0000

Hello,

I need to find a way to prevent my command prompt from closing but I can’t edit the batch file. It’s somewhere in my computer and automatically executes after every 5 minutes. It’s probably a virus and I’ve tried numerous programs and antiviruses to remove it but nothing works. The command prompt closes before I can read anything and preventing it from closing could help find the source. I’ve tried the third way but it doesn’t work for me. Are there any other ways how to prevent the prompt from closing?

Thank you

By: mandala suresh

mandala suresh — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 07:15:12 +0000

thank you

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 20:45:41 +0000

Fourth way:
Open a cmd window, type the file name, press enter.
The window will stay open until you close it.