How can i open steam/etc without it opening a cmd?

Question

I am new to coding and I wrote a batch program to try to make steam, origin, uplay and Battle.net run when I launch this program. However it only launches their CMDs and I think I have done something wrong. Here is my program:

@echo off
echo starting steam.exe ...
start "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe"
timeout 2
echo starting battle.net.exe ...
start "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe"
timeout 2
echo starting origin.exe ...
start "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe"
timeout 2
echo starting uplay.exe ...
start "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe"
pause

Answer 1

try with :

@echo off
echo starting steam.exe ...
start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe"
timeout 2

If put in quotes the first argument is the title so you can put empty quotes as a first argument.

Answer 2

Just use the following code!

echo off
color 0b
cls
echo Starting Steam...
start C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe
timeout 2
echo Starting battle.net.exe
start C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe
timeout 2
echo Starting Origin...
start C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe
timeout 2
echo Starting UPlay...
start C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe
exit

You DO NOT Use quotes in the START command, as it will not recognize the quotes and just open a elevated CMD Prompt. It is not needed also.