dos commands in batch file

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Published on 2010-04-09T18:09:09Z Indexed on 2010/04/09 18:13 UTC
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I need to create a batch file that goes to a directory and execute a series of executables

start cd c:\temp\
command1
command2

the above doesn't work, it only starts in c:\temp, but ignores rest.

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