Start multiple tasks in parallel and wait for them in windows?

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I think this is the simplest way to do that:

command1

(
   start "task1" cmd /C "command3 & command4 & command5"
   start "task2" cmd /C "command6 & command7 & command8"
) | pause

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Further details in the comments below this answer.

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