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| Launch a new window from the console with START |
| The Windows interface usually offers the best mechanism for managing files and folders, but there |
| are many administrators and power users who like to work from a command console and perform |
| many of their folder operations from there. In situations where you need to launch a folder window |
| from a command console, use the START command. |
| To launch a folder window with the START command, simply specify the folder on the START |
| command line. The following example opens the folder C:\download: |
| Generally, folder names that include spaces need to be enclosed in quotes, but the START |
| command treats the first quoted string as a window title and launches a new command console with |
| that name. For example, the following would open a new command console with \Program Files in |
| To open a folder window for a folder path that contains a space, specify an empty string and then |
| the folder name, as shown below: |
| START "" "\Program Files" |
| You can use the START command to open a folder window when you're working in a console or |
| include it in a batch file to open a folder window for automated tasks. |
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