You can stop or prevent Command Prompt from closing immediately after opening or executing a batch file using Pause, cmd /k or editing Registry.

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Command Prompt and Windows PowerShell are also simple and built-in options covered in this post for this purpose. We have already seen how to open a file or folder using Command Prompt or PowerShell.