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Is it possible to use the Shell command to open notepad with a specified
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If so I would be grateful for some info on the notepad command line switches

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Try this

Shell ("notepad.exe C:\yourfile.txt")




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Is it possible to use the Shell command to open notepad with a specified text file
If so I would be grateful for some info on the notepad command line switches

Regards
& TIA





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