Thread: Timer On A Batch File

Hello. Windows XP installed in my system. I want to set up a Batch file to open up a program in 30 seconds. It is possible??If possible please give me detailed information. Any help would be highly appreciated. Thanks in advanced.

One technique is to ping an inaccessible IP address. For example, my home network uses a 192.168.xxx.xxx subnet. So I can use an address like 10.10.10.10 with the following:
ping -n 1 -w 30000 10.10.10.10 >nul

This will cause a single ping to 10.10.10.10 with a timeout of 30 seconds.
The key to this working appropriately is to ensure you ping an address that is not reachable from your network.