From: dallas@texas.usa   
      
   On 4/17/2022 6:31 PM, Dallas wrote:   
   > On 4/17/2022 4:04 PM, John Stockton wrote:   
   >> On Sunday, 17 April 2022 at 14:24:25 UTC+1, Thomas Langer wrote:   
   >>> Am 16.04.2022 um 23:54 schrieb John Stockton:   
   >>> to resume your batch file after starting notepad++ replace original line   
   >>> of code   
   >>> @call "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++" -ro -alwaysOnTop   
   >>> -nosession %1   
   >>> with   
   >>> start "" "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++" -ro -alwaysOnTop   
   >>> -nosession %1   
   >>   
   >> YES - but I don't see why adding a blank title has the desired effect !   
   >>   
   >> Thanks,   
   >> (c) John Stockton, near London, UK. Using Google Groups. |   
   >   
   > You are not alone in being confused by the behavior of the START command.   
   >   
   > The instance when I have to specify a title is when the command/program   
   string contains spaces and   
   > I need to wrap that string with double quotes.   
   >   
   >   
      
   In the particular case of   
      
   start "" "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++" -ro -alwaysOnTop   
      
   It is the space character in "Program Files" that makes it necessary to   
   specify a Title and the   
   smallest Title is the empty string.   
      
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