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Using "start" in command prompt
Hello
I understand what the %path% and %pathext% variables are.
typing: "notepad" or "calc" in the command prompt from any directory will open notepad.exe and calc.exe because their directories are in %path% and ".exe" is in %pathext%.
On the other hand "wordpad.exe" and "chrome.exe are not in %path% so typing "wordpad" or "chrome" from a random directory doesn't work.
however, typing "start wordpad" or "start chrome" does work. How come? How does the start command know where to find the executables?
Thanks in advance!