Yes that is if you know the proper commandline switches for that particular application. For instance WordPerfect Office 12 has a startup switch that will let you open a file automatically that you were last working on.
The commandline wpwin12.exe "C:\Documents And Settings\user\my documents\book.wpm" will open the file book.wpm inside of wordperfect. This is a holdover from WP 5.1 for dos which still works. You'll have to consult your application documentation for the specific commandline startup switch options. Almost all apps use the conventional x:\path spec switch to pass the path back to the application to select the file being worked on. In some older applications this can be either hardcoded into the program which isn't a good idea becuase it doesn't let the user choose the files location to save and edit works or Softcoding the x:\path spec switch is a good pratice which most applications use and its allows the user to choose and select the path to store and edit their work(s). You can change this behavior in most applications by going into the options and file locations like those of Word, Excel ect and place the string of the path that you'd like to save your files where ever that may be. ;) -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Kingsbury Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 6:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: APPS: explorer.exe At 10:08 AM 7/27/2005, Stephen Bird wrote: >On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 12:58:42 -0400, Marc wrote: > >>If you want Windows Explorer to open with the folder of your choice... > >Marc, will this technique work with other programs that like to open >with default locations? Good question: does this technique usually work with other apps ? Bill --- -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required. -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
