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As the title says what parameters would you use in a batch file to continually execute a command e.g.

start notepad loop

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Another option in a single line (which will also work from the command line):

for /l %x in (1,0,2) do (start /wait notepad)

If you're using that in a batch file, use

for /l %%x in (1,0,2) do (start /wait notepad)

instead.

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Thanks for this. It works perfectly. Could you explain the syntax to make the answer even better ?
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Use goto:

:loop
start /wait notepad
goto loop

Note that I have used start /wait here. If you don't do that, your batch file won't wait for notepad to exit, and you'll start a zillion notepads and probably eventually crash.

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Sorry didnt work, loaded notepad, batch stopped, so I quite notepad and it close the batch
My apologies, I had the label syntax backwards. A label is :loop as now shown above (I edited my answer).
Thats it, should of spotted the typo myself!
Can you make it wait 5 seconds and then loop?
@James: There are several techniques for doing that here: stackoverflow.com/questions/348849/pause-in-batch-file.

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