From: dr.j.r.stockton@gmail.com   
      
   I have scripts which generate (in %TEMP%) a plain-text file of batch code, and   
   I want to read this file by eye, in a new plain Window, then manually   
   copy'n'paste or drag'n'drop selected lines or contiguous groups of lines into   
   a Command Prompt window,    
   which will be ready and waiting. The lines all start "DEL" or "RD"; but must   
   be thought about and selected before execution. I want to be UNABLE to alter   
   the characters displayed, apart from by scrolling.   
      
   The batch command   
   START MSEDGE %1   
   does this, except that it does not work in Windows XP and that it opens a new   
   tab rather than a new Window. In any case, EDGE is "a sledgehammer to crack a   
   nut", and I don't want to have a window/tab which looks in the least like any   
   browser that I have    
   open.   
      
   So : is there an obscure but standard small part of Windows 10+ that can   
   display a text file in a simple non-editable Window that supports Ctrl-C and   
   vertical scroll? Notepad would do nicely, if it could be opened in a non-edit   
   mode.   
      
   Can VBScript or JScript called from batch create such a Window _easily_?   
      
   Ideally, but certainly not essentially, I would like the displayed text to ge   
   on a light-coloured background !   
      
      
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