Ok, so I have the batch file, it runs fine and opens the system restore in both XP and Vista, however when system restore opens the bat does not allow me to return to main menu until I close system restore. Once I close it allows me to press any key and returns to menu. I was wondering if there is a way to make it display system restore and let me go to the main menu for the bat without having to close it first. This is my first bat that has more then 1 simple command.

runas /user:local\administrator
@echo off
title Test Utility
:prompt
color 4f
cls
echo Pick a Category
echo.
echo Type 1 to System Utilities
echo Type 2 to ""
echo Type 3 to ""

set /p answer=
if ‘%answer%’ == ‘1’ system

:system
cls
Echo Type 1 to System Restore
Echo Type 2 to ""
Echo Type 15 to Main Menu

set /p answer=
if '%answer%' == '1' goto system restore

:system restore
cls
IF EXIST %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe= %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe else
IF EXIST C:\Windows\System32\rstrui.exe = C:\Windows\System32\rstrui.exe
echo.
echo Pres Any Key to goto Menu
pause >nul
goto prompt

Thank you for your help, in advanced.

This post has been edited by bombasos2: Aug 1 2008, 01:43 PM

This is what the START command is for. See "START /?" for details.

Thank you.
It turns out the Start command does fix that issue, however I kept using either IF or START but not both, the fix was

Yes, that's exactly right. You probably want to abstract away the environmental variables like you did in your first code sample above. Also, using IF EXIST here means if the program doesn't exist, the user will not be informed. I'd do something like:

IF NOT EXIST %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe echo "rstrui.exe not found!" & goto Menu
start %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

This post has been edited by Swandog46: Aug 4 2008, 08:56 AM