open multiple programs sequentially with cmd

i have a sequence of 3 programs that have to be launched one after another. I found on the web something like that wich is exactly what i whant to do :

start /wait /b First.exe
start /wait /b Second.exe
start /wait /b Third.exe

My problem is that i have 1000 sequence to launch... So i tried

start "exemple" "start /wait /b First.exe
start /wait /b Second.exe
start /wait /b Third.exe"
start "exemple2" "start /wait /b First.exe
start /wait /b Second.exe
start /wait /b Third.exe"

I also tried

start /b First1.exe
start /wait /b Second1.exe
start /wait /b Third1.exe

start /b First2.exe
start /wait /b Second2.exe
start /wait /b Third2.exe

This is not working too... So i do not know how to do it.

any idea? thx :)

[EDIT ]

Let's try to make it more clear

start "exemple" "start /wait /b First.exe
start /wait /b Second.exe
start /wait /b Third.exe"
start "exemple2" "start /wait /b First.exe
start /开发者_Go百科wait /b Second.exe
start /wait /b Third.exe"

This failed because the 2nd start is not recognized, it says that windows can't find 'start /wait /b First.exe'

start /b First1.exe
start /wait /b Second1.exe
start /wait /b Third1.exe

start /b First2.exe
start /wait /b Second2.exe
start /wait /b Third2.exe

This failed because the order is First1.exe and Second1.exe are launched. Then the computer wait the end of Second1.exe to launch First2.exe and Second2.exe ...

The order i would like is The computer launch First1.exe & First2.exe Second1.exe is launched when First1.exe finished and Second2.exe is launched when First2.exe finished.

I would like to avoid using one .cmd per execution (this would be my fail solution).

I wish i'm more clear this time!

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You will need one instance of cmd.exe for each sequence, in addition to the main instance. The operating system has no built-in support for sequencing processes, and cmd.exe doesn't support threading in command files.

You can do it like this:

 start "sequence1" cmd /c "First.exe & Second.exe & Third.exe"
 start "sequence2" cmd /c "First.exe & Second.exe & Third.exe"
 start "sequence3" cmd /c "First.exe & Second.exe & Third.exe"
 ...

The only way to avoid the (fairly modest) overhead of the extra instances of cmd.exe would be to write a solution in a real programming language rather than as a batch file.

You may also want to consider whether this is really want you want to do. Windows doesn't typically perform very well when hundreds of processes are running simultaneously.

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You are still doing the waiting in the main batch file. You want the First/Second/Third sequence to be independent for each cycle. You want the each cycle to have its own /wait.

start "exempel" cmd /c start /wait First.exe ^& start /wait Second.exe ^& start /wait Third.exe

Think of it as giving instructions to a team of helpers. You want each helper to "wait for First, then wait for Second, then wait for Third."

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what about adding invocations in a single .CMD file and then execute it via start ?

@echo off
program1.exe
program2.exe
program3.exe

In order to check if everything's ok, you can test the return code of each single progs in .BAT/.CMD (my memory keeps telling me %ERRORLEVEL% but I'm not so sure about it :( )