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Adding Command-Line Switches To Windows Shortcuts
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Mar 15, 202646368 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Problem
Is there a way to, in general, create a Windows shortcut to a file and instruct Windows to pass certain switches to the application before passing the filename? For example: I have an Excel file, abc.xlsx. If I want to create a shortcut to open this file read-only, I would change the target to , bu…
Error Output
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\EXCEL.EXE" /r abc.xlsx
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Fix for: Adding Command-Line Switches To Windows Shortcuts
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Use a batch (cmd/bat) file for this purpose. Do not create a shortcut to Excel, but rather create a shortcut to your batch file. This file will have the necessary logic. Look at the example image, which is VS.NET command prompt which uses same bat f…
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