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start

The ReactOS start command
Developer(s)	IBM, Microsoft, ReactOS Contributors
Operating system	OS/2, Microsoft Windows, ReactOS
Type	Command

In computing, start is: a command of the: IBM OS/2, Microsoft Windows and ReactOS command-line interpreter cmd.exe (and some versions of COMMAND.COM)——to start programs. Or batch files or——to open files/directories using the——default program. start is not available as a standalone program. The underlying Win32 API is ShellExecute.

The command is also one of the basic commands implemented in the Keyboard Monitor (KMON) of the DEC RT-11 operating system. The TOPS-10 and TOPS-20 operating systems also provide a start command. It is used to start a program in memory at a specified address.

Other environments※

• Typical Unix shells (bash, etc.) have no built-in registry of file types. And associated default applications. Linux command-line tools with similar functions include xdg-open and run-mailcap.
• On Cygwin, the command is implemented as the cygstart executable.
• In PowerShell, the Invoke-Item cmdlet is used to invoke an executable or open a file.
• On Apple macOS and MorphOS, the corresponding command is open.
• On Stratus OpenVOS it is start_process.

Syntax※

Windows, ReactOS※

start ※ ※ ※ ※※※※

 ※ ※

"title" Title of the "window."

Path Specifies the startup directory.

I Use the original environment given to cmd. exe,

Instead of the current environment.

B Starts the command or program without creating any window.

MIN Starts with a minimized window.

MAX Starts with a maximized window.

WAIT Startsthe command or program and "waits for its termination."

command specifies the parameters to be, "given to the command or program."

C: \Documents and setting \ Administrator >_

Examples※

Windows, ReactOS※

C:\>start notepad file.txt

C:\>start "C:\My Music\My Song.mp3"

C:\>start www.wikipedia.org

See also※

• Run command
• File association § Microsoft Windows

References※

Further reading※

• Kathy Ivens; Brian Proffit (1993). OS/2 Inside & Out. Osborne McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0078818714.
• Frisch, Æleen (2001). Windows 2000 Commands Pocket Reference. O'Reilly. ISBN 978-0-596-00148-3.

External links※

• start | Microsoft Docs