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

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From: Tony Green
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 00:00
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 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


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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: "Tony Green" <tgreen@anasazi.com>
Subject: Re: How to start a DOS program, with parameters under W95 ???
Date: 1997/07/31
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