Jenkins is aimed to execute shell commands in background mode, not for interactive(UI) mode. When you run start cmd.exe /c c://some/app.exe a new cmd UI is opened and this will never happen in jenkins.

Single line

If you need to execute a simple batch commands with jenkins :

stage('build') {      cmd_exec('echo "Buils starting..."')      cmd_exec('echo "dir /a /b"')}def cmd_exec(command) {    return bat(returnStdout: true, script: "${command}").trim()}

Here a advanced example :

• https://gist.github.com/VladFrost/89e8ccabd40eb0f52374d7982b557c8e

Multiline

steps {  echo 'Deploy to staging environment'  // Launch tomcat  bat """    cd c:\\qa\\bin    dir /a /b    startup  """    bat """    cd c:\\qa\\bin    startup  """  // Code to move WAR to Tomcat  bat "xcopy /y c:\\webapp\\target\\webapp.war ..."  bat "xcopy /y c:\\webapp\\target\\webapp.war ..."}

Example:

• https://gist.github.com/timothyshort/a1364b36a0ee1c0dca378e6f438c0e1c

Invoke batch file

If you need to execute a batch file with jenkins :

stage('build') {  dir("build_folder"){      bat "run_build_windows.bat"  }}

or

stage('build') {  bat "c://some/folder/run_build_windows.bat"}

Windows paths some time are bizarre :s . Anyway, linux is the best choice to host jenkins.

Reference: https://thenucleargeeks.com/2020/11/24/how-to-run-batch-scripts-commands-in-jenkinsfile/

node {        stage('Preparation') {           //Preparations and checkout the code         }        stage('Build') {           //Build command             }        stage('Post build action'){            bat '''  ECHO Hello World  '''            }     }