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Easy non-intrusive safe batch file creation to run typical applications associated with iRacing, such as Crew Chief[thecrewchief.org], Trading Paints[www.tradingpaints.com], RaceLab[discord.com], SDK[www.sdk-gaming.co.uk], and whatever else you want. There are programs such as iRacing Manager[members.iracing.com] that will actively monitor processes and start programs when they detect the iRacing process, however I feel that using a .bat batch file is a much simpler and less intrusive approach. One minor disadvantage of using this approach is you will need to manually stop/exit the programs on your own when you're done racing. These instructions and screenshots shown are for Windows 10. Note that using a PowerShell script is another approach, however I found it easier to use a simple .bat file to setup the shortcut, icon, and pin to the Windows Start menu.

• Navigate to the Start Menu/Programs/iRacing folder:
  
  Creating the batch file here will allow you to 'Pin to Start' if you wish to run it from the Windows Start menu.
  
  Using file explorer navigate to C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\iRacing (replace UserName with your user name; also note AppData is a hidden directory so you can't just browse to it unless you configure your view to show hidden items).
  
  Another way to get here is to right-click on the iRacingUI icon in your Windows start menu and select 'Open file location'
  
  
  
  Either way you should end up in your Start Menu/Programs/iRacing folder:
  
  
  
  
• Create the .bat batch file:
  Right-click on white space in the directory and select New->Text Document from context menu
  
  
• Rename .bat batch file
  
  Name the text document as desired, for example iRacingRunAll.bat
  You can ignore the rename warning you will see as we want the .bat file to be run as a batch file, so select 'Yes'
  
  
  
  
• Edit the .bat file:
  
  Right-click on the new file and select Edit (Don't select 'Open' as that will execute the batch file)
  
  
  Add a line for each program you want to run with START, a pair of empty quotes, and the path to the executable you want to run within quotes. The empty quotes represent the command title and are needed for the command to reliably execute. Particulars about the START command can be found at https://ss64.com/nt/start.html
  
  Following are the three that I have in my .bat file including the default installation paths for CrewChief, TradingPaints, and iRacing:
  
  START "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Britton IT Ltd\CrewChiefV4\CrewChiefV4.exe"
  START "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Rhinode LLC\Trading Paints\Trading Paints.exe"
  START "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\iRacing\ui\iRacingUI.exe"
  
  Save the file!
  
  

• Right-click on the .bat file and select 'Create shortcut'
  
  
• Rename the shortcut if/as desired. I named mine iRacingRunAll as shown here
  
  
• You can also assign the iRacing icon by right-clicking the shortcut and selecting 'Properties'
  
  
  
  Then select 'Browse' and paste the path to the iRacing executable, typically C:\Program Files (x86)\iRacing\ui\iRacingUI.exe
  
  
  
  Then select the icon by clicking on it and selecting OK.
  
  
  

• You're ready to go! Simply execute the shortcut!
  You can also find and execute it from the Windows start menu.
  If desired you can drag the shortcut from the Windows start/iRacing folder to the desktop.
  You can also right-click on the shortcut and select 'Pin to Start' if you use the start menu.