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[Powermean]

Hello.
I'm pretty new to batch, and want to learn easy, funny stuff to do with batch files.
First up, I read the "My First Batch File" tutorial.
And now I tought I would execute my own batch file, so I wrote this:

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@echo off
echo 'ay there!
pause 
start C:\Program files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

But, it gives this error that the file cant be found, or that this file can't be found: "C:\Program files\Mozilla.".

I would love help, and if you got a easy tutorial on your hands, feel free to post it.

Sirencly

Powermean.

[DosItHelp]

Powermean,

If you have spaces in the filename or path then you will need to put the whole thing in quotes like this:

start "C:\Program files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"

Otherwise the command interpreter cut's of the filename at the space character.

Hope this helps!

[Powermean]

Powermean,

If you have spaces in the filename or path then you will need to put the whole thing in quotes like this:

start "C:\Program files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"

Otherwise the command interpreter cut's of the filename at the space character.

Hope this helps!

Yes, thanks alot DosItHelp!

But, is firefox supposed to start in a new cmd window? xD

[DosItHelp]

Powermean,

To see why it opens a new console run: start /?
The start command uses the first quoted string as the window title. If nothing else follows then it opens a new command console. So what you want is this:

start "" "C:\Program files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"

Note, if you just want to start firefox you can do so without the start command:

"C:\Program files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"