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Bigjoemonger
Bigjoemonger

Reputation: 21

Program opened with batch file won't work

At work I use a bunch of different programs that are located in many different folders that I have to open when I get here. So I've created a batch file that opens all of them for me.

I've run into an issue with one program that's located on a shared network. In my batch file I put

START "" "\\server\path\program.exe"

It loads the program but when I try to navigate the program is doesn't work. I run into an exception error that says it can't find a file on the C drive. But when I load the same program from the folder without the batch file, it works just fine. Any idea what's causing this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 53

Answers (1)

Blorgbeard
Blorgbeard

Reputation: 103585

Try specifying the working folder:

START "" /D "\\server\path" "\\server\path\program.exe"

It's documented in the output of start /?.

Upvotes: 1

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