Open text file and program shortcut in a Windows batch file

Question

I have two files in the same folder that I\'d like to run. One is a .txt file, and the other is the program shortcut to an .exe. I\'d like to make

Answer 1

This would have worked too. The first quoted pair are interpreted as a window title name in the start command.

start "" "myfile.txt"
start "" "myshortcut.lnk"