open program minimized via command prompt

Question

I have a windows 8.1 machine and I want to open a program with minimized window. For a program like notepad, I just use the following command:

start /min \"\         


        

Answer 1

Try:

start  "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE" --new-window/min

I had the same problem, but I was trying to open chrome.exe maximized. If I put the /min anywhere else in the command line, like before or after the empty title, it was ignored.