In windows XP
all web pages will open from a batch file except:

"http://www.investor.reuters.com/ReadHTML.aspx?target=%2fopinion%2fsell%
2friskalerts"

If I paste the above URL into the browser address box the page opens
fine.

But if I try:

START "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE"
"http://www.investor.reuters.com/ReadHTML.aspx?target=%2fopinion%2fsell%
2friskalerts"

or using the utility

START C:\windows\command\runfile "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer
\IEXPLORE.EXE" "http://www.investor.reuters.com/ReadHTML.aspx?target=%
2fopinion%2fsell%2friskalerts"

I get an error page with URL:

http://www.investor.reuters.com/Erro...go=http%3a%2f%
2fwww.investor.reuters.com%2fReadHTML.aspx%3ftarget%
3dfopinionfsellfriskalerts&error=Generic&message=The+specified+target+can
not+be+resolved.%0d%0aParameter+name%3a+Target.%0d%0aActual+value+was+%
2f%2ffopinionfsellfriskalerts.

Is there code that will open this page?

Thank you,
Emory

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:51:15 -0500, Emory Richter wrote:

> In windows XP
> all web pages will open from a batch file except:
>
> "http://www.investor.reuters.com/ReadHTML.aspx?target=%2fopinion%2fsell%
> 2friskalerts"

Double up all percent signs. %20 = %%20 for example.

>
> If I paste the above URL into the browser address box the page opens
> fine.

In article <1qo9e34axj16p$.axe71iohxjou$.(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed)lid says...
> Double up all percent signs. %20 = %%20 for example.
>
Yes!
foxidrive, thanks for the answer.
Emory

On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 02:58:23 +1100, foxidrive wrote in
microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.admin:

>On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:51:15 -0500, Emory Richter wrote:
>
>> In windows XP
>> all web pages will open from a batch file except:
>>
>> "http://www.investor.reuters.com/ReadHTML.aspx?target=%2fopinion%2fsell%
>> 2friskalerts"
>
>Double up all percent signs. %20 = %%20 for example.

.... or replace all occurrences of %2f (=47 dec) with "/".

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[skiter]

I have the same problem with this side. The Batch opens only the google side but not the search results when i search for dogs or something else.


http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&q=dogs&meta=

Is there code that will open this page?

Thank you,
Dierk

[Ghost3h]

Hi, The solution is quite simple and below is an example.

Copy the following into a text document and save it as a ".bat"

start iexplore http://www.google.com

This will start google in internet explorer. There is no need for the "c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe"