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Re: How to start a DOS program, with parameters under W95 ???

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From: Peter Frank
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 00:00
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 It works perfectly !
In win95 you just enter "properties", and add the ? after the command line -
and voila - whenever you run the program, it will prompt you for the
parameters - excellent !!!
Note, a shortcut will always be generated, when you make this change to the
command line - but you can either click on the original com/exe file, or the
shortcut - it works no matter what !

Thanks a lot Tony  -
From Surf Pete.


Tony Green wrote in article <5rpm4d$4td@freepress.anasazi.com>...

> You can put a '?' after the program name e.g. c:\windows\command\edit.exe
?
>
>This will cause windows to ask for a string - you can give a filename here.
>
>Let me know if it works
>
>
>--
>Tony Green
>Anasazi UK
>tgreen@anasazi.com
>
>If wining is not important - whats the point in keeping score?
>
>Peter Frank wrote in article <5rl0fs$36lg$1@news.inet.tele.dk>...
>
>> How do you start a DOS program, with parameters when running f.ex.
>explorer
>>under Win95 ???
>>
>>You can use the MS-DOS prompt of course, but there must be another way to
>do
>>it ?
>>
>>F.ex if I would start an MS-dos application like this:    "EDIT
>>AUTOEXEC.BAT" - is it possible to do it under Win95 somehow ???
>>
>>I can go to the edit.com in the explorer, and change the properties so it
>>will add the parameter "autoexec.bat" - but that is not a very "clean"
>>solution !
>>
>>Lots of DOS programs uses parameters (text/numbers), especially when
>>converting formats, so it would be nice to be able to add these parameters
>>easily under Win95.
>>
>>
>>Anyone who knows ?
>>
>>
>>Kindly  SurfPete.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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From: "Peter Frank" <Franks@post6.tele.dk>
Subject: Re: How to start a DOS program, with parameters under W95 ???
Date: 1997/08/05
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