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Article ID: 200469 - Last Review: February 20, 2007 - Revision: 3.2

Effects of Using the START Command at a Command Prompt

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SYMPTOMS

You can open a folder in a window by typing
start foldername
at a command prompt. However, if a folder named New Folder exists and you type
start "new folder"
at the command prompt, a new command window with the caption New Folder is opened instead of the New Folder folder.
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CAUSE

The specification for the START command indicates that the first quoted string becomes the title for the new window.
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RESOLUTION

To start a new window with a string that requires quotation marks, type:
start "" "New Folder"
This is also true for the following:
C:\>start "New Text Document.txt" to start "" "New Text Document.txt"

or

C:\>start "New Bitmap Image.bmp" to start "" "New Bitmap Image.bmp"
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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
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