title: Batch File to Open Multiple PDFs | Only Opening 1 at a Time
body: <p>I recently "discovered" batch files - and have made a few successful ones to help open tedious amounts of files. However, this morning when trying to make on to open 45 pdfs at the same time it wouldn't work. </p>
  
  <p>I used the instructions from <a href="https://community.adobe.com/t5/Acrobat/Open-multiple-files-at-once/td-p/8727534" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> (under Kenp94's answer, and picture below). However, it just opens one at a time and waits until I close the opened pdf before opening the next. I would like to open them all at the same time.</p>
  
  <p>My file looks like this: and is saved in .bat format. </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/dL4lr.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/dL4lr.png" alt="OPENALLPDFSs.bat"></a></p>
  
  <p>How do I go about getting my files to open all at the same time.</p>
  
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  <p>That said, I have checked <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/695603/opening-multiple-pdf-documents-using-batch-file">Opening multiple PDF documents using batch file</a> and <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11525436/creating-a-pdf-file-tracker-as-batch-file">Creating a PDF file tracker as Batch file</a> and I feel my approach is different enough that is warrants a separate question as opposed to gleaning the answer from there - or perhaps I simply don't understand Batch files well enough...</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>