Windows Command Line

I have command line application but to run it you need to access it from a command prompt. Can I create a shortcut so I click it and the program is accessed from the command prompt?

Thanks

 

Yeah, you can create a shortcut that runs CMD.EXE (the command prompt) and runs a program inside the command window.

Right click on the desktop -> New -> Shortcut. The shortcut target should be:

C:\Windows\System32\CMD.EXE /k C:\myprog\program.exe

Cheers
Buzzy

 

That is exactly it! Thanks. I have searched for that solution months. Thanks so much! I was thinking I would have to decompile the program and do some good old 'phenom' coding on it. Fortunately it never came down to that so thanks again

 

no worries

 

Another q lol. In DOS something like Program Files is written as Progr~ or similar. How would I know what a directory like ' Phenoms Folder 2004' would be, i.e. what is therule.

Thanks!

 

First six letters, then a tilde and a number, so:

Program Files -> progra~1
My Documents - > mydocu~1
Phenoms Folder 2004 -> phenom~1

 

8.3 digit DOS compatible filenames.

If you also had Phenoms Folder 2005 (or anything wiht phenom at the start but coming after alphanumerically), it would be phenom~2