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   Kenny McCormack to dr.j.r.stockton@gmail.com   
   Re: Batch line to display readonly text    
   17 Apr 22 21:33:58   
   
   From: gazelle@shell.xmission.com   
      
   In article <94411f5d-28cd-42e1-ac3f-e6d8b5471364n@googlegroups.com>,   
   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 !   
      
   It is a bug^H^H^Hmisfeature of the "start" command in CMD.EXE.   
      
   If you don't put the "" in there, it will just open a(nother) CMD window.   
      
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