Comments on: Start multiple programs with one click on windows http://gadelkareem.com/2006/12/02/start-multipile-programs-with-one-click-on-windows/ Ideas For Sharing Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:38:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: wkarim http://gadelkareem.com/2006/12/02/start-multipile-programs-with-one-click-on-windows/#comment-199 wkarim Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:57:17 +0000 http://walid.kurtubba.com/2006/12/02/start-multipile-programs-with-one-click-on-windows/#comment-199 Thanks for the tip bback ;) Thanks for the tip bback ;)

]]> By: bback http://gadelkareem.com/2006/12/02/start-multipile-programs-with-one-click-on-windows/#comment-198 bback Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:02:15 +0000 http://walid.kurtubba.com/2006/12/02/start-multipile-programs-with-one-click-on-windows/#comment-198 You don't need to use the short name to invoke an program. But using start "c:\Program files\prog.exe" won't work. Why? check 'help start'! Start accepts a title for the cmd window as first parameter, title must be enclosed in "title". To start a program with a long path, just use: start "" "c:\Program files\prog.exe" and it works! No hassling with short names! You don’t need to use the short name to invoke an program. But using
start “c:\Program files\prog.exe”
won’t work. Why? check ‘help start’! Start accepts a title for the cmd window as first parameter, title must be enclosed in “title”. To start a program with a long path, just use:

start “” “c:\Program files\prog.exe”

and it works! No hassling with short names!

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