Parameters Cannot Be Added to Executables in Windows 95
ID: Q119940
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Windows 95
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Microsoft Windows 98
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Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
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Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
SUMMARY
This article describes the new options available in Windows 95/98 when you
want to run executable files with parameters.
MORE INFORMATIONMicrosoft Windows, Windows for Workgroups, and Windows 95/98
In Microsoft Windows 3.x, Windows for Workgroups 3.x, and Windows 95/98,
you can select a file in File Manager and open it with additional
parameters with the following steps:
- Open File Manager and select a file you want to run.
- On the File menu, click Run. The application's name now appears on the
command line.
- Add a parameter to the end of this command line and click OK.
Your application now runs with the specified switch.
Windows 95/98
In Windows 95/98, the additional options below are available.
- Use the Start button as follows:
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Click the Start button, and then click Run.
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Type the name of the application and the parameters you want to use,
then click OK.
- Use the MS-DOS Prompt as follows:
- Click the Start button, and then click Programs.
- Click the MS-DOS Prompt icon.
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Type the name of the executable with the parameters you want to use,
then press ENTER.
This option works for both MS-DOS-based and Windows-based applications.
- For MS-DOS-based applications, change the properties of the file as
follows:
- Run Windows Explorer and use the right (secondary) mouse button to
select a file.
- Click Properties, then click the Program tab.
- Add a parameter to the end of the command (or cmd) line and click
OK.
This option runs the application with the switch you specified each
time you double-click this file.
- Create a shortcut:
- Run Windows Explorer and use the right mouse button to drag the file
to the desktop.
- Click Create Shortcut(s) Here, then use the right mouse button to
click the newly created icon.
- Use the appropriate step below.
- For an MS-DOS-based application, click Properties, then click the
Program tab.
- For a Windows-based application, click Properties, then click the
Shortcut tab.
- Use the appropriate step below.
- For an MS-DOS-based application, add a parameter to the end of the
command (or cmd) line and click OK.
- For a Windows-based application, add a parameter to the end of the
Target line and click OK.
This option runs the application with the switch you specified each
time you double-click this icon.
Additional query words:
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Keywords : kbui win95 win98
Version : 95 4.00 98
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo
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