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How do I properly add parameters to program called within a windows command shortcut?
How do I properly add parameters to program called in a windows command shortcut?
Passing parameters to the console alone, is trivial:
cmd.exe /h
... but what if you want to both open a console &&...
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Is it possible to launch a shortcut in current directory path?
I am trying to launch a Command Line Tool named cmder in the current working directory e.g. C:\Users\USERNAME\Downloads.
Important note: I do not have Admin rights.
To achieve this I have created a ...
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Windows 10 Desktop shortcut not starting new session
I have created batch file with specific settings for my work. I have created desktop shortcut to launch batch file and assigned Shortcut to it. But when I press shortcut keys, It only launches one ...
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Launch a Windows executable from Run menu in a single word (or two)
Is it possible to configure Windows to launch an executable from the run menu (⊞ Win+R) using a single word?
Similar to Mac OS' Spotlight Search, I would like to be able to type one word and launch an ...
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Command Prompt Shortcut .lnk That Runs Program
You can set up command prompt shortcuts so that the window has specified colors, sizes, and locations on the screen. I have many of these set up for many different programs that I like to see all at ...
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How can I open WSL terminal with a command without it automatically closing?
I'm running Ubuntu with WSL1, and I want to make different shortcuts in Windows to run different commands on WSL startup, e.g., one to automatically start an SSH session, another to change to a ...
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Create a shortcut using batch with quotes in the Target
Based on: How to create a shortcut using a batch script?
I can't figure out how to write this batch so all the quotes are in the right place and create the shortcut file. I used the above info as ...
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Shortcut to Windows Security Protection history
Is there a (text) shortcut to Protection history in Windows Security? The menu is located at
Windows Security (or paste %windir%\explorer.exe windowsdefender: into Start menu) >
Virus & threat ...
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Looking to make shortcut or invisible batch to run partial filename of a program
I'm looking to make a shortcut to a program on a network drive where the program and it's name is sometimes updated to a new version. Right now it's located at and named to this.
\\USERZ390\e\...
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Cannot set DNS using command shortcut
I'm trying to set DNS (both primary and secondary) for a network adapter using command prompt. So I created a windows shortcut with the following command:
C:\Windows\System32\netsh.exe interface ipv4 ...
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Windows shortcut, Command Line and Perl
I developed several scripts using the command line in windows (which is needed because there are several 'say' comments that need to be shown) and using the line:
perl "D:/path to script"
That's all ...
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How to create a shortcut of data files that run through another program
I am trying to run a commandline-based emulator and I need to drag an .iso file onto the .exe so the .exe will run the .iso, or I have to open command prompt there and run it with commands.
I think ...
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Cross-platform shortcut to executable file, both archived
I have a directory (which is later archived) in which a shortcut to an executable file (.exe), which itself is a few directories deeper.
The first problem encountered is ".lnk" shortcuts require exact ...
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Can't delete shortcut from CMD
I can't delete shortcut file from CMD, saying file doesn't exist. But if I open Desktop it exists and I can delete it. I tried to copy and I saw something strange, If i copy it to same place, created ...
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Windows 10 Shortcut to open new CMD Window
Now I know we can create a keyboard shortcut for any shortcut. So in a similar way, I created a desktop shortcut for cmd, gave it the Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut. So when I press that combination, it opens a ...
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