re: Question about 'Run a Shortcut from the Command Prompt' Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 4:40 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by jasonm (1 messages posted) On Windows 2000 and XP (and possibly NT; I've never tried it) you can add .LNK to the PATHEXT environment variable. This will allow you to type the name of a .lnk in command prompt and windows will execute it. Dont forget to quote filenames with spaces in though. NOTE: You can also do this with any file type; Windows will load up the program that handles it (e.g. .DOC => MS Word). You can change the environment variable in system properties (either for the system or yourself) or by typing "SET PATHEXT=%PATHEXT%;.LNK" into the command prompt window (saved only for the life of that window). On Saturday, October 27, 2001 at 12:32 am, ron wrote: >I have a question about Run >a Shortcut from the Command Prompt: >i have a patch that is running with dos...but thing is it wont run in the command >prompt of win xp...i have to change some commands...can somebody help me on this? > Written in response to: Question about 'Run a Shortcut from the Command Prompt' (ron: Saturday, October 27, 2001 at 12:32 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'Run a Shortcut from the Command Prompt' (ron: Sat, Oct 27, 2001, 12:32 am) re: Question about 'Run a Shortcut from the Command Prompt' (jasonm: Sat, Apr 27, 2002, 4:40 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum