Jim Meagher wrote:

> Arthur,
>
> Often the command AND the switch must be enclosed in quotation marks.
> 'Course if we knew what the program was, we might be able to give you
> more specific advice.
>
> Jim Meagher
> Staff Editor
> Jest a hop skip and a jump across the bay in Salisbury <Grin>
> Jim:

That did not work. I got a dialog that said it could not find path. I think
the reason is that I am working with the shortcut to the EXE program. I do
not know how to get to THE command line where I think the switch must be
applied. Thank you for your interest.
Arthur

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Arthur Barnett" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > Hi-
> > I have been trying to get a command line switch to work. I have applied
> > the switch at the end of the EXE file in the shortcut dialog thus:
> > "(program.exe)" /switch. Nothing seems to work. Does anyone have any
> > idea where I am going wrong?
>
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>                        Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>

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