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

The command start [filename] opened the file in my default text editor.

This command also worked for opening a non-.txt file.

Answer 2

Don't put quotes around the name of the file that you are trying to open; start "myfile.txt" opens a new command prompt with the title myfile.txt, while start myfile.txt opens myfile.txt in Notepad. There's no easy solution in the case where you want to start a console application with a space in its file name, but for other applications, start "" "my file.txt" works.

Answer 3

I use

@echo off
Start notepad "filename.txt"
exit

to open the file.

Another example is

@echo off
start chrome "filename.html"
pause

Answer 4

If you are trying to open an application such as Chrome or Microsoft Word use this:

@echo off
start "__App_Name__" "__App_Path__.exe"

And repeat this for all of the applications you want to open.

P.S.: This will open the applications you select at once so don't insert too many.

Answer 5

You can also do:

start notepad "C:\Users\kemp\INSTALL\Text1.txt"

The C:\Users\kemp\Install\ is your PATH. The Text1.txt is the FILE.

Answer 6

Its very simple, 1)Just go on directory where the file us stored 2)then enter command i.e. type filename.file_extention e.g type MyFile.tx