Starting XAMPP with batch only if it isn't already running

I am writing a batch for a new deployment of my company's software.. Here is what I have so far... wscript.exe "invisible.vbs" "apache_start.bat" /wait wscript.exe "invisible.vbs" "mysql_start.bat" /wait "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://localhost So as you can see, this script should start apache, then start mysql and then open the default page with IE. The problem is