Batch File.... (on laptop, not PDA)

cnjmorris · 08-30-04, 03:28 PM

Anyone able to tell me how to create a batch file that will open 2 browser windows at seperate addresses? Not trying to make a problem for someone else or anything, this is 100% for me, because I always forget when checking mail to check gmail and hotmail, and I would love to have a 1 button way to open all 3.

Thanks for any input.

mikop · 08-30-04, 04:18 PM

start firefox.exe "www.google.com"
start firefox.exe "www.yahoo.com"

just those 2 line
or iexplore.exe etc
can remove " ",

cnjmorris · 08-30-04, 04:42 PM

Sweet, thanks, I knew it was simple, but I was trying things like shell execute and stuff like that. I didn't know how to use them either, just remember seeing them somewhere =)

With your example, took me 3 seconds and now I have a nice one touch email checker.

cnjmorris · 08-30-04, 04:46 PM

Hmm. Can you start any application this way, with no switches? Like if I wanted to start a program called MailWasher.... I tried MailWasher.exe with no luck, do I have to type in a path since it isn't located directly in the system folder?

mikop · 08-30-04, 04:53 PM

yes.................. <-so its 10+ letters!!!

cnjmorris · 08-30-04, 05:00 PM

Nevermind I got it, because the path contained spaced I used quotes but it was misinterpreted as a window title, so I had to add a second set of quotes with a window title to force the file.

alinla · 08-30-04, 05:17 PM

Originally Posted by mikop

start firefox.exe "www.google.com"
start firefox.exe "www.yahoo.com"

just those 2 line
or iexplore.exe etc
can remove " ",

Is there a way to open one as a tab instead of a seperate window?

mikop · 08-30-04, 11:57 PM

The easiest way would be
open tab, go to each page in each tab, then tools/options/general and use current pages.
This would just open the browser with multiple tabs on startup.

or

you can create a folder for the relevant sites such as
banking
emails
gaming etc
and then click "open in tabs" to open all sites in separate tabs.
you can use various ways such as just click on drop down bookmarks, or go to view/sidebar or view toolbar/bookmark depending on how you would like to access the information.