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   Message 67,139 of 68,980   
   JJ to Terry Pinnell   
   Re: Novice: how to get this working?   
   31 Jan 18 15:49:44   
   
   From: jj4public@vfemail.net   
      
   On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 21:08:21 +0000, Terry Pinnell wrote:   
   > In Windows 10, if I type the following at a command prompt (or in the   
   > Run box) it works correctly, pasting the clipboard to IrfanView.   
   >   
   > "C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\i_view32.exe" /clippaste   
   >   
   > I'd like to run it from a batch file, but this is clearly wrong as it   
   > appears to do nothing.   
   >   
   > start "C:\Program Files (x86)\IrfanView\i_view32.exe" /clippaste   
   > exit   
   >   
   > How do I correct it please?   
   >   
   > Terry, East Grinstead, UK   
      
   That's odd. No error message at all?   
   It works on my Win7 system as well as my Win10 VM.   
   May be something else is interfering.   
      
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