Simple .bat question

Simon001 · 09 Mar 2013

Hi all,
Does anybody happen to know what command I should be using in a batch file to open a file with a program other than the default for that extension? Or alternatively, as a workaround, how to set the default for a given extension in a batch file and then set it back again?
Specifically I'm working with a program that has multiple .cfg files for when I'm doing various things, so I'm trying to make batch files to open the appropriate one at the appropriate time but want to leave notepad as the default program to open them for ease of editing.
Thanks,
Simon

Brink · 09 Mar 2013

Hello Simon, and welcome to Seven Forums.

You could use this in the BAT file to open a file with a supported program of your choice.

start "Full path to .exe of program" "Full path of file with extension"

For example, to open a .txt file in Wordpad.

start "C:\Windows\write.exe" "C:\Users\(user-name)\My Documents\My text file.txt"

Hope this helps, :)
Shawn

Simon001 · 09 Mar 2013

That's great, thank you very much.

Brink · 09 Mar 2013

You're most welcome Simon. :)