Issue
I'm working on developing a menu for a USB flash drive.
I have .bat file that opens a spreadsheet with a program that is installed on the flash drive.
The code looks something like this:
Start /d \Folder1\folder2\folderofprogram Name of program.exe "Name of file.ods"
This code works well but the problem is I need to have the file in the same directory as the program.
Is there a way to make the .bat file open the file from a different directory on the USB flash drive?
I think this is a simple problem but was not able to find any information about it.
Solution
Use UNC path name. so something like this:
\\computername\folder\filename
or
\\mypc\c:\windows\testfile.exe
Note
Thanks to
Neomagus for this tip on the forum.