Open an External App ?

[Karl]

Hi All,

In a batch file how would you go about opening an External
program such as notepad ?

And is there anyway to open a directory on a network as;

cd \\server\directory

doesnt work.

Thanks for your help

 

[Ritchie]

cd \\server\directory

doesnt work.

start \\server\share

 

[Ray at]

Hi All,

In a batch file how would you go about opening an External
program such as notepad ?

start notepad

(see start /? for information)

And is there anyway to open a directory on a network as;

cd \\server\directory

Opening it in what? You can't cd to a UNC path, if that's what you mean.
You can do
start explorer \\server

Ray at work

 

[Karl]

Excellent. Thats for your help.

 

[Karl]

How would you go about copying a file to a UNC through
CMD, is it possible ?

 

[Ray at]

How would you open a bmp in the command prompt? You can TYPE it.

type \\server\directory\pic.bmp

That'll just return a bunch of nonsense though.

You can do:
start mspaint \\server\directory\pic.bmp

Ray at work