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nos...@bounceall.net

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Oct 23, 2003, 9:19:41 PM10/23/03
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Using NT SP6

START ANYDOC.DOC will start msword or winword (or whatever Word is
called in your machine) BUT...

The desired file is named ANY DOC.DOC START does not seem to work as
above. START "ANY DOC.DOC" just gets a window named ANY DOC and
START ANY DOC.DOC does not work either.

Ideas? Based on experience!!

TIA

LB

Clay Calvert

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Oct 23, 2003, 9:28:06 PM10/23/03
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Use this:

START "" "ANY DOC.DOC"

From "Start /?"

"title" Title to display in window title bar.

Clay Calvert
CCal...@Wanguru.com
Replace "W" with "L"

Mark V

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Oct 24, 2003, 6:20:41 AM10/24/03
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Clay Calvert wrote in news:qtvgpv0c764tef8lpkvvmoud03ur9ml5fv@
4ax.com:

True. The OP may not realize (the poorly documented behavior) that
START takes the first encountered """ (dbl-quote) character found as
indicating the start of a TITLE. Which is why
START "ANY DOC.DOC"
is mis-interpreted and
START "" "ANY DOC.DOC"
works.

nos...@bounceall.net

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Oct 25, 2003, 5:36:28 AM10/25/03
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Thank you very much!
Like many questions seems obvious upon seeing it.

LB

Roger Grossenbacher

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Mar 1, 2004, 12:53:38 AM3/1/04
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QUESTION

Using NT SP6
START ANYDOC.DOC
will start msword or winword BUT... The desired file is named
ANY DOC.DOC

START does not seem to work as above.

START "ANY DOC.DOC" just gets a window named ANY DOC and
START ANY DOC.DOC does not work either.

ANSWER 1


Use this:
START "" "ANY DOC.DOC"
From "Start /?" "title" Title to display in window title bar.

ANSWER 2

Al Dunbar

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Mar 1, 2004, 9:54:19 PM3/1/04
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"Roger Grossenbacher" <r.gross...@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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