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For completeness, it should be noted that running a program at the command prompt directly as any_program.exe does not search the App Paths key, while running it as start any_program.exe does e.g. on a default Win7 install, entering wordpad at the prompt gives a not recognized error, while start wordpad successfully launches wordpad (based on ...
When I run this through the command prompt, my testscript is running successfully. I want to run it as administrator (as if I have created a desktop shortcut and run as administrator. It shouldn't prompt for any username or password). I have tried adding /elevate and /NOUAC parameters in the above test.bat, but no luck. How do I fix this issue?
This isn't a feature of the command prompt, it's a feature of the executable, i.e. photoshop.exe has to be programmed to accept a file to open as a command line argument. Fortunately, it is, as are the majority of Windows applications that operate on files.
taskmgr.exe can be executed from any path at the command prompt, because its location falls within the directories listed in the %PATH% variable. You can potentially add any additional folders you would like to this variable to make any applications within follow the same behavior.
Win CMD, batch files & DOS are command line (CLI) utilities, and if you're looking at switching application windows, you need scripts that work with GUI. VBScript comes "installed by default in every desktop release of Microsoft Windows since Windows 98" and "gained support from Windows system administrators seeking an automation tool more ...
In Windows. The first of all, you need to get the path of the .exe file of the application. You can use wmic to get the information of the application.
If it was not deleted too long ago, you can retrieve it from a windows restore snapshot. Open Explorer, go to the properties of the folder C:\Windows\System32 (via the right-click menu), and go to "Previous Versions", from which you can open any snapshot of that folder.
It depends if the program has command line parameters to cater for all the GUI questions. Try running the program from the command prompt with /? after the program_name.exe . eg. program_name.exe /? If the developer included command line options you might be lucky to find some help there, but read the product documentation as your starting point.
Now you should have a Command Prompt that opens as CMD used to open. The Command Prompt has Properties like the prior CMD prompt did. You may also wish to / need to open cmd.exe to get the Command Prompt window that allows properties. You can do this by searching for the Command Prompt App using the magnifier icon on the task bar..
It is a genuine, free command line utility. If or when you have it, use this code in a batch file: title Open Word nircmd win hide title "Open Word" start "C:\Program" "Files" "(x86)\Microsoft" "Office\Office12\WINWORD.exe nircmd wait 20 nircmd win min foreground exit