Run a shortcut with a batch file
<p>I am trying to set up multiple steam accounts, and you can instantly launch an account by making a shortcut for it, blah blah blah. The shortcuts works fine but I want to make a batch file to select which account to use, then launch the shortcut for that account. For some reason I can't find out how to launch a shortcut from a batch file. I have searched and searched but I cannot find how.
Everything seems to work up until launching the shortcut which does nothing.</p>

<p>Here is my code</p>

<pre><code>    @echo off
    echo Which steam account to use?
    echo ---------------------------
    cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam"
    TIMEOUT 2 &gt;null
    echo 1. user1
    TIMEOUT 2 &gt;null
    echo 2. user2
    set /p account="Select a number. "
    echo %account%
    TIMEOUT 2 &gt;null
    if %account%==1 (
        echo Account "user1" selected.
        TIMEOUT 3 &gt;null
        start "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\user1.lnk"
        )
    IF %account%==2 (
        echo Account "user2" selected.
        TIMEOUT 3 &gt;null
        start "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\user2.lnk"
        )
</code></pre>

<p>Running Windows 8.</p>