How to Run Batch File in CMD

In this tutorial, we are going to see how to run a batch file in CMD. CMD is one of the oldest software components of Windows. The command prompt has offered the possibility to make direct changes to Microsoft operating systems for several decades. Batch files (or Bat files) are closely related to the command prompt. They provide access to the internal commands of cmd.exe and allow batch processing of commands. Find out here what makes these scripts so useful and how to run a batch file in CMD.
 

How to Run Batch File in CMD

Suppose you have already a batch file.
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If you want to open the batch file from the command line, proceed as follows:

Step 1: Open the Windows search function and type CMD. Then click on Command Prompt to start the command line normally. Select it with a right-click and click Run as administrator, if it requires administrator rights.
 

 
Step 2: Use the “change directory” (cd) command to access the directory where the batch file is located. Then type the name of the batch script (including the file extension) and press Enter. Here in this example we have the file called ‘app.bat’.
 

As you can see we have run the batch file and it display “Hello World” on the screen.
 
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