title: Opening Chrome From Command Line
body: <p>I have the following batch file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>@echo off
  REM Starts a chrome browser with multiple tabbed sites
  C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe "site1.com" "site2.com"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But when I run it, it causes the prompt to hang and renders it unusable until Chrome is closed. (Or, if I am not using the prompt and run it from the icon, it opens a blank prompt that is unusable and disappears when Chrome is closed.)</p>
  
  <p>Is there any way to prevent this? I.E. once the webpages are open, the prompt is no longer tied up.</p>
  
  <p>It opens the webpages just fine. I've also noticed that if there's already a chrome window open, the batch runs fine (leaving a usable prompt), adding the tabs to the existing chrome session.</p>