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TorgoX (1933)

TorgoX
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Journal of TorgoX (1933)

Friday July 25, 2003
01:16 PM

.bat amusements

[ #13690 ]
Dear Log,

My amusement today consists of two weensy batch files I cooked up for use under MSWin:

select.bat, consisting of just this line:
explorer /select,%1

and openwith.bat, consisting of just this line:
rundll32 shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1

The first one opens a directory window on the parent directory of the item named, and highlights the item.

The second one opens a "what do you want to open this file with?" dialogue box.


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  • As a variation to your first .bat file, here's a way to open explorer on a file in "explore" mode:
    explorer /e,/select,%1
    You might have to press "tab" to actually select the file.
    • The command line options for Explorer are explained here [microsoft.com]. Despite the claim at the top of the article, these, at least, also work for Win98.
      • Thanks, I looked all over for that, and only ever found a partial list!

        I really miss when Microsoft made programs where you could do "progname /?" and get a list of all the switches.

        And when I am the cruel Kommissar of these things, "progname /?dll" will also list all the DLL functions this program supports.

        I know, this is all CRAZY TALK!

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