# batch file nerds... need help. I'm a little rusty

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**Created:** [April 16, 2007, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batch-file-nerds-need-help-im-a-little-rusty/27718 "2007-04-16T12:09:38Z")\
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Heh… I just tried this, copying notepad.exe to c:\program files  
ote pad  
otep.exe:

_ren c:\batch est1.txt test2.txt  
“c:\program files  
ote pad  
otep.exe”  
ren c:\batch est2.txt test1.txt_

And sure enough, the batch file does pause until I close notepad. While notepad is open, the txt file is “test2.txt”. As soon as I close it the batch file renames it “test1.txt”.

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