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Configure a Windows shortcut to prompt for input
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Mar 15, 20266545 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I swear I remember some way in Windows-past to set up a desktop shortcut that would prompt for input and pass that into the command it's running. Specifically, I want to run a batch file that takes a password as input, but not store that password in the shortcut. Is there a way to do this in Window…
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In previous versions of Windows, in order to make a shortcut prompt for command-line options, all you had to do was edit the command line in the shortcut properties window, appending a at the very end. This flagged Windows to prompt you with a dialo…
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