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   Dallas to John Stockton   
   Re: Batch line to display readonly text    
   17 Apr 22 18:31:58   
   
   From: dallas@texas.usa   
      
   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.   
      
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