/WAIT not working correctly

[doodledump]

I'm trying to create a batch script that requires running two programs, one after the other. I've tried using wait to make the script run in sequence but it plows through the first wait and only stops at the second. This is the problem section:

::Uninstalls old build
@echo Uninstalling previous build...
start "Build Uninstall" /d "path" /WAIT program
@echo Uninstalled build

::Installs newest build
@echo Installing new build...
for /f %%f in ('dir path /O: D/T:W /B ') do @set "file=%%f"
@echo Newest build: %file%
start "Build Install" /d "path" /WAIT %file%
@echo Build installed

Any advice is appreciated, I'm working on a Windows Server 2019 Standard

 

[mikrom]

Then do not use START command. The option /WAIT doesn't always work - see: https://ss64.com/nt/start.html

 

[doodledump]

Ah alright. I was hoping it was an error on my part. I still really need this batch file to wait for the first program to finish before running the second but I'll look into other ways to pause the script.