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ikh1@cornell.edu - 28 Jun 2004 19:54 GMT

Hello,

I'd like to streamline a daily repetitive task, and I was hoping someone could
show me how to do this. Several times a day I need to open 3 different
folders (always the same 3), and also open a command prompt window in which I
always go to the same directory. I've already created desktop shortcuts for
the folders and a .bat file to change directories in the command prompt
window, but I was wondering if it would be possible to put all of this into a
Visual Basic executible file.

I know this is kind of a whim, but it would be nice to have. So I'm just
asking in case it's easy to do and you know it off the top of your head, or
could point me to a web page that shows how to do something similar.

Thanks.

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Paul Hill - 29 Jun 2004 10:24 GMT

> Hello,
>
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> window, but I was wondering if it would be possible to put all of this into a
> Visual Basic executible file.

You can open folders from a batch file. e.g.

START "C:\MY FOLDER1\"
START "C:\MY FOLDER2\"
START "C:\MY FOLDER3\"
C:
CD \Whatever

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Frank Adam - 29 Jun 2004 11:54 GMT

>Hello,
>
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>asking in case it's easy to do and you know it off the top of your head, or
>could point me to a web page that shows how to do something similar.

Thanks to few beers i do feel a bit off the top of my head so
herewego..

dim ret as long
ret = ShellExecute(0,"explore",path1,vbnullstring,path1,1)
ret = ShellExecute(0,"explore",path2,vbnullstring,path2,1)
ret = ShellExecute(0,"explore",path3,vbnullstring,path3,1)
ret = ShellExecute 0,"open",environ$("comspec")," /p",cmdPath,1

That should do it, methinks. Replace path1,path2,path3 and cmdPath
with your paths. Also don't forget to include the ShellExecute
declaration.

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Regards, Frank

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ikh1@cornell.edu - 30 Jun 2004 16:26 GMT

Thanks!!

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