I've been working on a fairly complex batch file project and I ran into an annoying snag. I can't figure out if there is a way to open files with a specified program through a batch file. For example, the command could be- Start sample.jpg Instead of opening it with the default program, I want to open it with a specific program. I need to do this without changing the default associated program. Any ideas...?
give me a little more... what type of file and what do you want to open it with. just as an example... if you want to open a txt file in word instead of notepad you can do Code: winword filename.txt or open a jpg in firefox Code: firefox D:\Pictures\2005\28state.jpg depending on the app you may need to specify the complete path and dont forget quotes if there are spaces or special characters in the file name/path. if you have a list of files you can save it in a text file and then carry out the command on each file name in the list.txt Code: @echo off FOR /F %%i in (list.txt) do ( echo updating %%i firefox %%i ) you should look at some other forums for scripting help... *the scripting guys *appdeploy.com *autoit.com
