Start (command)

In computing,   is a command of the IBM OS/2, Microsoft Windows and ReactOS command-line interpreter cmd.exe (and some versions of COMMAND.COM) to start programs or batch files or to open files or directories using the default program. start is not available as a standalone program. The underlying Win32 API is ShellExecute.

The command is also one of the basic commands implemented in the Keyboard Monitor (KMON) of the DEC RT-11 operating system. The TOPS-10 and TOPS-20 operating systems also provide a  command. It is used to start a program in memory at a specified address.

Other environments

 * Typical Unix shells (bash, etc.) have no built-in registry of file types and associated default applications. Linux command-line tools with similar functions include and.
 * On Cygwin, the command is implemented as the cygstart executable.
 * In PowerShell, the  cmdlet is used to invoke an executable or open a file.
 * On Apple macOS and MorphOS, the corresponding command is.
 * On Stratus OpenVOS it is.

Windows, ReactOS
start ["title"] [/D path] [/I] [/B][/MIN][/MAX][WAIT]

[command/program] [parameters] "title"       Title of the window.

Path         Specifies the startup directory.

I                 Use the original environment given to cmd. exe,

Instead of the current environment.

B                Starts the command or program without creating any window.

MIN           Starts with a minimized window.

MAX          Starts with a maximized window.

WAIT          Startsthe command or program and waits for its termination.

command   specifies the parameters to be given to the command or program.

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