Using the 'start' Shell Command |
(Windows NT/2000/XP Only)
|
start
" command, first "get the shellCommand
" in MC
on your system.
for "command.com
" on, e.g., Win 98start
command's /m
optionstart
at the prompt)
for "cmd.exe
" on, e.g., Win XP
use start
command's /min
or /b
option
(for list of options, enter help start
at the prompt)
(command.com also available but different behavior than on Win 98)
Note that you can combine two or more shell
commands in one MC get shell()
by using the "&" character, as you might have to do with a path with spaces
in the name. For example, for the shellCommand
"cmd.exe", in order to
execute
C:\Path with spaces in name\myprog.exe
since "cd" is immune to spaces in path but "start" isn't, use
get shell("cd C:\Path with spaces in name & start /min /high /wait myprog.exe")