batch files in win 7

Does anyone know if I can create a batch file in WIN 7. I haven't written one since my Dos days?
I want to have it open several programs for me at once when I run the batch file.
If it's not possible anymore, would anyone know of a free program that I could use to help write a file?
Thanks in advance for any ideas or help you can provide. I hope this is the right forum to ask this question. :-o
Floyd

 

I just wrote a one line batch file to open one program and it didn't run (in x64), so I guess not. One way of doing this would be with a macro recorder, though I haven't used one since XP days. Plenty on offer on the web though.

 

I run a couple of simple batch files, daily, in Windows 7 Ultimate.

One synchronises my downloads from C: drive to my 10 gig portable hard drive.

The other one synchro's my Documents folder from C: to an external hard drive, as a temporary backup until my regular backup.

You will probably need a separate line for each program's action in your batch file, but you probably already know that.

Bazza

 

32 or 64-bit?

 

64 bit

 

32 bit for me.

Bazza

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@floyd - seems my earlier effort just didn't have the right syntax. The following batch file opens the program Everything.exe in my Win 7 64-bit.

c:
cd program files (x86)
cd everything
everything.exe

Copes with spaces and long filenames too, so yes, go for it

 

Thanks for the help. Seems to be working now.
Floyd