[?] START Quotes in NT... by Ben Kent

[?] START Quotes in NT [Release]

By: Ben Kent
Date: Aug 13,2003 at 01:16
In Response to: [?] START Quotes in NT (John Gruener)

> So... Was this NT?

> - John

It's the syntax of the START that is in cmd.exe (on all NT derived OS's NT, Win2K and XP), which has some diffeances to the command.com on W9x machines.

As Kim said if the first string is quoted, then it is taken to be a title.

If the first parameter is nt quoted, then the title is optional.
start C:\PROGRA~1\ZTree\ZTW.exe c: d:
start "title" C:\PROGRA~1\ZTree\ZTW.exe c: d:

but if it is quoted, then the title is mandotary
start "title" "C:\Programe Files\ZTree\ZTW.exe" c: d:

This command will do a Start C: with "C:\Programe Files\ZTree\ZTW.exe" as it's title.
start "C:\Programe Files\ZTree\ZTW.exe" c: d:

Ben

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[Release Candidate] v1.49.2rc4 Now Available! (741) - Kim Henkel - Aug 11,2003 at 07:57 [Release]
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        [?] START Quotes in NT (628) - John Gruener - Aug 12,2003 at 22:43
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        [?] START Quotes in NT (710) - Ben Kent - Aug 13,2003 at 01:16
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