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Command Line Options Available for Windows Media Player

Article ID:241422
Last Review:October 26, 2007
Revision:1.3
This article was previously published under Q241422

SUMMARY

When starting the Windows Media Player from a command prompt, you can specify several startup parameters.

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The Windows Media Player has several command line options:
/open: Open the file, don't automatically start playing.
/play: Start playing the file as soon the player is launched.
/close: Close the player after playback (only works when used with /play).
/fullscreen: Start the file in full-screen mode.
/new: Use a new instance of the player.
For example, to play a file and close the player when done:
Mplayer2.exe /play /close C:\Asfroot\Sample.asf

APPLIES TO
Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4

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