I think you can do something like cmd.exe /K myapp.exe
The /K tells it to execute whatever comes next... HTH 2008/6/12 Matthew Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have a program that requires starting from the command prompt. How can I > create a shortcut that will run the program when I click the shortcut? > > Yes, I googled for this. I found out how to create a shortcut to the command > prompt but nothing about opening a program. > > Thanks. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:261783 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5