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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:



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.

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!

DosItHelp wrote: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

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"