run.vbs is just to hide the batch file cmd box ----------------------------------------------- Set oShell = CreateObject ("Wscript.Shell") Dim strArgs strArgs = "cmd /c akistart.bat" oShell.Run strArgs, 0, false ----------------------------------------------- akistart just a batch file to start server then timeout 10 secs then start launcher ----------------------------------------------- @echo off set server="%~dp0\Aki.Server.exe" set launcher="%~dp0\Aki.Launcher.exe" start "" %server% @timeout /t 10 /nobreak >nul start "" %launcher% -----------------------------------------------