[SOLVED] Batch - Open IE or Notepad Full Screen

[jcgriff2]

I should know this by now, but. . .

I want to include in a batch script the command necessary to open Notepad or IE (or default browser) full screen (/max).

1. This works - Notepad & my test file - just fine:

start /max notepad "%userprofile%\documents\test1.txt"

2. This brings up a MAX CMD screen (no Notepad):

start /max "%userprofile%\documents\test1.txt"

3. This just brings up Notepad with the specified file (text1.txt), but of course does not maximize Notepad:

start notepad "%userprofile%\documents\test1.txt"

4: This brings up a new regular (size-wise) CMD screen: (NO Notepad):

start "%userprofile%\documents\test1.txt"

Why doesn't #4 bring up Notepad opened with the specified file? I've used similar code in various posts and believe (or thought...) that the file ext would/should cause Notepad to open...?

Same questions re: Internet Explorer (or user's default browser).

I want to open the user's default web browser with the specified HTML file, but can't get it to work correctly.

5. This works - brings up a maximized IE screen containing the specified file:

start /max "%programfiles%\internet explorer\iexplore" "%userprofile%\documents\test1.html"

6. This simply brings up a MAXimized CMD screen - no IE or other browser:

start /max "%userprofile%\documents\test1.html"

How can I code my batch script to open the HTML file using the user's default web browser app?

Thanks,

John

 

[Go The Power]

Hi John,

I had a quick play with this. To get this working I had to use the cd command to the specific folder that contains the html/txt file.

From here I was able to launch the txt and html file by running start /max file.txt this launched in notepad full screen. When running start /max file.html this launched the html file in max screen with my default browser.

But there is also another way, remove the "" around the file path will make it work...Only issue with this is if the user has a space in their username.

Turn this

start /max "%userprofile%\documents\test1.html"

Into this

start /max %userprofile%\documents\test1.html

 

[jcgriff2]

Thanks, Alex.

 

[Go The Power]

If you want to leave the quotes around the path, this will work:

start /max "" "C:\myfolder\myfolder1\mytext.txt"

 

[jcgriff2]

The double-quotes is the apparent answer.

start "" /max "%temp%\memorychip.html"

The START command thinks the first set of quotes is the TITLE.
I always make a habit of using an empty quoted string with the START command.

start "" "ES DM Stand Name.xls"
start "" "foo.txt"
start "" /MAX "foo.txt"

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