I have a program program.exe and a document document.txt, and to open the document, I can drag document.txt onto program.exe. So far so good. Now I want to call it with a command-line parameter -param so that the full command line is program.exe -param document.txt Unfortunately, I can't do this with drag and drop, so I need to fire up cmd and type in the command manually. This takes too long, and I need an easier way.
How can I create a shortcut that I can drop the file onto, and have it call the program with the command-line parameter?
I tried setting the shortcut to program.exe -param "%1", but that didn't work, because it tried to open the file %1.
Best Answer
Just use
program.exe -paramas a target in your shortcut. Document path (or whatever else you drop onto it) is appended by default.Loosely related: You may also drop an item from explorer onto command line window - this may save you a lot of typing!