Command line browser. Command line programs for everyday use. Supported command line parameters

More than one generation of those Internet users has grown up who have not seen the beginning of the meteoric rise of Microsoft and do not even know how to open the command line.

A feature of this early version of the Windows operating system, which was called MS DOS, was single-tasking (all processes were performed sequentially, not in parallel) and a predominantly text-based interface.

Now, most operations on a Windows computer can be performed exclusively with the mouse, and in those days, even the simplest actions required many complex text commands to be known.

Via a shortcut in the Start menu

Run the program Run in order to open the command line is a strange idea, since the required shortcut is right there next door.

It can also be found quickly by searching the Start menu.

Due to a significant change in the Start menu interface in Windows 8, this method will be implemented in a slightly different way.

• First you need to go to the tiles with applications (new version of Start) and right-click on the free area. As a result, a panel will pop up at the bottom, giving advanced features.
  In it, you need to click on the All applications icon in the lower right corner.

• Here you can see a list with additional hidden applications, including the Command Line shortcut. Now you need to click on the required shortcut with the right mouse button and select the run as administrator function in the lower panel.

Advice! Running with administrator rights is recommended for the reason that some commands will simply not be executed normally.

In Windows 10, search works system-wide. Therefore, to quickly find the command line, you need to press the combination Win + S and enter the name of the program, in this case it is the command line.

Search for an executable file on the system drive

As mentioned above, the command line is implemented through a small executable file cmd.exe.

From here we can make a logical conclusion that this executable can be found in some folder and run directly.

This is indeed the case, the command line executable file starting from the seven is stored in the System32 subdirectory of the Windows folder.

Hidden menu in Windows 8 and Windows 10

In the last two versions of the world's most popular operating system, there is a combination of hot keys to open a special menu for advanced users, which contains all the most necessary system utilities.

It opens by pressing the Win + X keys, and there is just a place for the command line in it.

Through the context menu in Windows 10 explorer

The top ten has its own unique way to call the command line. It consists in calling this function through Windows Explorer.

To do this, you need to open any folder and, while holding down the Shift key, right-click in any free area of ​​this folder.

As a result, an extended context menu will open, in which there will be an option to invoke the command line.

As you can see from the methods in this article, the command prompt on Windows operating systems can be invoked in a variety of ways.

This seems to be for such a small program of several hundred kilobytes and with unclear functionality.

But such a misunderstanding can arise only among inexperienced users.

Those people who have been actively using a computer for work and entertainment for several years already understand very well that cmd.exe is a powerful tool that can instantly produce results if you know how to handle it.

That is why the latest versions of Windows, focused on cross-platform (and primarily on compatibility with devices with a touchscreen), not only did not lose this function, but also acquired additional features for convenient work with it.

How to open a command prompt in Windows

This video describes several ways to open the command line in windows 7. In windows XP, vista, the command line is opened in the same way.

There are situations when you need to open a browser with a specific set of parameters, for example: open a specific address in InPrivate mode, launch a browser with disabled add-ons, disable automatic tab recovery when it falls, etc. Of course, all these operations can be called using the program's graphical interface, but from the point of view of process optimization, it is better to use the command line. Why, for example, every time launch the browser in InPrivate mode, then enter the address of the payment system, if all this can be done with one click !?

Supported command line parameters

Table 1 - Supported command line parameters with a short description.

Examples of using the command line in Internet Explorer 9

Since many people do not use the command line, I will give examples of using commands on desktop shortcuts. Right-click on an empty space on the desktop. We choose Create - Shortcut... V Property location we enter the command from the example.

Simultaneous login to the site with two different accounts

If it becomes necessary to work simultaneously in two mailboxes of the same mail service, use the parameter - noframemerging:

"C: \ Program Files \ Internet Explorer \ iexplore.exe" -noframemerging

Now you need to launch two copies of the browser, and then in both go to different mailboxes of the same mail service (for example, I used gmail.com). Moreover, if you leave one account, the second will continue to work (which is not available with the usual launch of two copies of Internet Explorer 9).

Figure 1 - Simultaneous work with two gmail accounts using the -noframemerging parameter.

Privacy Mode

Let's create a shortcut for working with the payment system (in this case, PayPal), in InPrivate mode:

"C: \ Program Files \ Internet Explorer \ iexplore.exe" -private paypal.com

Figure 2 - Browser launched with the -private parameter.

Kiosk mode

Let's say you need to launch Internet Explorer in full screen, while opening a specific site (in our case, the site). Command:

"C: \ Program Files \ Internet Explorer \ iexplore.exe" -k site

Figure 3 - Internet Explorer running in kiosk mode.

Debug mode

To debug a web developer, you need to start the browser without all the add-ons, and also disable the automatic tab repair system. We use the following command:

"C: \ Program Files \ Internet Explorer \ iexplore.exe" -extoff -nohangrecovery

Figure 4 - Launching a browser with the -extoff parameter, accompanied by such a warning page (always, except when used in conjunction with -private).

The command line is still a powerful Windows tool used by OS users and supported by many applications. Internet Explorer 9 is no exception - working with the command line is simple and intuitive, and the semantics of commands clearly reflect the function that it (command) implements. Don't forget about this toolkit to expand the capabilities of your browser and automate your daily tasks.

Most users of the Windows operating system are accustomed to launching the desired application or game by double-clicking on the shortcut located on the desktop, or by finding it in Start. Alternatively, you can open the folder in which it is installed and run the exe file from there.

Since such launching of applications may not always be suitable, in this article, let's look at several different ways that you can use to launch a program from the command line.

Method 1: launching a system application

In order to launch one of the system applications from the console, use the "start" command and indicate the desired name separated by a space. The system name must be entered as the name. For Explorer, this is explorer, task manager - taskmgr, control panel - control, system configuration - msconfig.

To open notepad write notepad, Windows Media Player - wmplayer, Paint - mspaint, symbol table - charmap. If you write cmd, a new command prompt window will open.

For example, let's open the symbol table. Type in the line:

and press "Enter".

Method 2: specifying the full path to the file

If you need to run any other installed application, then you should specify the full path to the executable file of the program.

For example, in my Downloads folder there is a program for installing the Film Studio, let's open it. I go into the folder and click on the field where the path is registered. This entire line must be written in the command line (since copy-paste does not work there) and at the end add the name of the utility that we want to run.

The console will write:

c: \ users \ master \ downloads \ wlsetup-all

After pressing "Enter", preparations began for the installation of the Film Studio. As you can see, when writing the path, it is not necessary to use capital letters, you can enter only small letters.

If there are spaces in the path to the desired file, then a window will appear with a message that the specified file cannot be found. The point is that the command line recognizes the path to the first space, not the entire line you entered. In the example, she decided that I want to open c: \ program.

Now let's move a little away from the topic, and consider how to find out the full path to the program that we want to run.

To do this, find the executable file of the required application through the Explorer window. To understand that this is it, look so that opposite it in the "Type" field is indicated "Application". Then click on the field at the top - this is the path.

For example, Total Commander is launched by the file "totalcmd", and it is located along the path: "C: \ program files \ total commander".

Or another option. If there is a shortcut to the desired application on the desktop, you do not need to search for it through Explorer. It is enough to right-click on it and select the item File Location.

The window that we have already examined will open. The file that launches the utility will be highlighted in it, and at the top you can find out the path to it.

Method 3: using path

With this command, we will save the path to the folder in which the executable file is located, and then run it.

Consider the same Total Commander. In the console we write:

path c: \ program files \ total commander

Be sure to put a space after "path". It is on this path that the file "totalcmd" we need is located. Press Enter.

The specified program will be launched. It is not necessary to include an extension at the end. Thus, you can run any executable file in the specified folder.

Method 4: using the cd command

This command will open the specified folder, and from there we will launch the file we need. For example, let's go to the TeamViewer folder:

cd c: \ program files \ teamviewer

After "cd", add a space. Press "Enter".

This folder contains the file that starts TeamViewer, it has the same name. Therefore, I further enter:

I press "Enter" and the utility starts.

If you need to open an application that is not installed on the system drive, you can use the path command. If I type:

path d: \ program files \ ccleaner

(after entering each line, press "Enter"), then CCleaner will open for me. It is he who is installed at the specified path on the D: drive.

But with the help of the cd command, this will not work.

Method 5: through the context menu

To do this, find the folder where the executable file is stored, and right-click on it while holding down the Shift key. Next, in the context menu, select "Open command window".

After that, the folder we need will immediately open in the command line. Enter in the line the name of the file that launches the utility, and press "Enter". We launched CCleaner, located not on the system drive (I have D :).

If you need to run a program that is installed in the same place as the operating system, the steps are the same. Let's open the Google Chrome browser. We find the folder in which the file is stored, which launches it, and select the item mentioned above.

Then we enter the name of the file with the extension. * Exe: chrome, and press "Enter". The browser will launch.

Method 6: path in quotes

At the beginning, I mentioned that if there are spaces in the specified path, the file will not open. But if you write it in quotes, the console will understand everything. Quotation marks should be double and straight, not commas. They are placed using the combination "Shift + E" with the selected English keyboard layout.

In them you need to write the full path and at the end specify the file itself with the extension that will be launched:

"C: \ program files \ total commander \ totalcmd.exe"

Using quotes, you can open programs on both the system drive and the data drive.

Most users of the Windows operating system are accustomed to launching the desired application or game by double-clicking on the shortcut located on the desktop, or by finding it in Start. Alternatively, you can open the folder in which it is installed and run the exe file from there.

Since such launching of applications may not always be suitable, in this article, let's look at several different ways that you can use to launch a program from the command line.

Method 1: launching a system application

In order to launch one of the system applications from the console, use the "start" command and indicate the desired name separated by a space. The system name must be entered as the name. For Explorer, this is explorer, task manager - taskmgr, control panel - control, system configuration - msconfig.

To open notepad write notepad, Windows Media Player - wmplayer, Paint - mspaint, symbol table - charmap. If you write cmd, a new command prompt window will open.

For example, let's open the symbol table. Type in the line:

and press "Enter".

Method 2: specifying the full path to the file

If you need to run any other installed application, then you should specify the full path to the executable file of the program.

For example, in my Downloads folder there is a program for installing the Film Studio, let's open it. I go into the folder and click on the field where the path is registered. This entire line must be written in the command line (since copy-paste does not work there) and at the end add the name of the utility that we want to run.

The console will write:

c: \ users \ master \ downloads \ wlsetup-all

After pressing "Enter", preparations began for the installation of the Film Studio. As you can see, when writing the path, it is not necessary to use capital letters, you can enter only small letters.

If there are spaces in the path to the desired file, then a window will appear with a message that the specified file cannot be found. The point is that the command line recognizes the path to the first space, not the entire line you entered. In the example, she decided that I want to open c: \ program.

Now let's move a little away from the topic, and consider how to find out the full path to the program that we want to run.

To do this, find the executable file of the required application through the Explorer window. To understand that this is it, look so that opposite it in the "Type" field is indicated "Application". Then click on the field at the top - this is the path.

For example, Total Commander is launched by the file "totalcmd", and it is located along the path: "C: \ program files \ total commander".

Or another option. If there is a shortcut to the desired application on the desktop, you do not need to search for it through Explorer. It is enough to right-click on it and select the item File Location.

The window that we have already examined will open. The file that launches the utility will be highlighted in it, and at the top you can find out the path to it.

Method 3: using path

With this command, we will save the path to the folder in which the executable file is located, and then run it.

Consider the same Total Commander. In the console we write:

path c: \ program files \ total commander

Be sure to put a space after "path". It is on this path that the file "totalcmd" we need is located. Press Enter.

The specified program will be launched. It is not necessary to include an extension at the end. Thus, you can run any executable file in the specified folder.

Method 4: using the cd command

This command will open the specified folder, and from there we will launch the file we need. For example, let's go to the TeamViewer folder:

cd c: \ program files \ teamviewer

After "cd", add a space. Press "Enter".

This folder contains the file that starts TeamViewer, it has the same name. Therefore, I further enter:

I press "Enter" and the utility starts.

If you need to open an application that is not installed on the system drive, you can use the path command. If I type:

path d: \ program files \ ccleaner

(after entering each line, press "Enter"), then CCleaner will open for me. It is he who is installed at the specified path on the D: drive.

But with the help of the cd command, this will not work.

Method 5: through the context menu

To do this, find the folder where the executable file is stored, and right-click on it while holding down the Shift key. Next, in the context menu, select "Open command window".

After that, the folder we need will immediately open in the command line. Enter in the line the name of the file that launches the utility, and press "Enter". We launched CCleaner, located not on the system drive (I have D :).

If you need to run a program that is installed in the same place as the operating system, the steps are the same. Let's open the Google Chrome browser. We find the folder in which the file is stored, which launches it, and select the item mentioned above.

Then we enter the name of the file with the extension. * Exe: chrome, and press "Enter". The browser will launch.

Method 6: path in quotes

At the beginning, I mentioned that if there are spaces in the specified path, the file will not open. But if you write it in quotes, the console will understand everything. Quotation marks should be double and straight, not commas. They are placed using the combination "Shift + E" with the selected English keyboard layout.

In them you need to write the full path and at the end specify the file itself with the extension that will be launched:

"C: \ program files \ total commander \ totalcmd.exe"

Using quotes, you can open programs on both the system drive and the data drive.

Command line options are used to define various startup options for Mozilla applications. For example, you can use command line options to bypass the Profile Manager and open a specific profile (if you have more than one). You can also control how to open Mozilla applications, which components to open initially, and what to do when they open. This page describes commonly used options and their use.

Syntax rules

First, let's describe the syntax rules that apply to all options.

• Command parameters containing spaces must be enclosed in quotation marks, for example "Joel User".
• Command actions are not case sensitive.
• Command parameters (except for the profile name) are not case sensitive.
• Commands and parameters are separated by spaces.
• The syntax for message fields is field = value, for example:
  • to = [email protected]
  • subject = cool page
  • attachment = www.mozilla.org
  • attachment = "file: /// c: /test.txt"
  • body = check this page
• Multiple message fields are separated by a comma (,), for example: " [email protected], subject = cool page". There must be no spaces before or after the separating comma. To specify multiple values ​​for a field, enclose the values ​​in single quotation marks ("), for example: " to = " [email protected],[email protected]", subject = cool page" .

Using command line options

Command line options are specified after the command to start the application. Some options have arguments. They are specified after the command line option. Some options are abbreviated. For example, the command line option "-editor" can be abbreviated as "-edit". (Available abbreviations are described in the text below). In some cases, option arguments must be enclosed in quotation marks. (This is noted in the option descriptions below). Several command line options can be specified. In general, their syntax is as follows:

Application -option -option "argument" -option argument

Examples of

The following examples illustrate the use of the "-ProfileManager" option, which opens the Profile Manager before starting Firefox or Thunderbird:

Windows

Select Run from the Windows Start menu and type:

Firefox -ProfileManager

Mac OS X

Go to Applications> Utilities. Open a terminal and enter:

/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS ./firefox -ProfileManager

Linux

Open a terminal and enter:

Cd Thunderbird installation directory ./thunderbird -ProfileManager

The example above uses the "-ProfileManager" command line option for the Mozilla Thunderbird mail client.

User profile

-CreateProfile profile_name

Creates a new profile named profile_name in the default directory, but does not launch the application. Profile_name must not contain spaces ().

Firefox -CreateProfile JoelUser

-CreateProfile "profile_name profile_dir"

Creates a new profile, profile_name, in the profile_dir directory, but does not launch the application. Note that profile_name and profile_dir are quoted together and separated by exactly one space ().

For successful use, there must be no application instances already running or the -no-remote option used.

Note: The profile_dir must not exist and you must not have an existing profile named profile_name.

Firefox -CreateProfile "JoelUser c: \ internet \ moz-profile"

-ProfileManager

Launching the Profile Manager. Short form: -P (no username).

-P "profile_name"

Skips launching the profile manager and launches the application with the profile profile_name. Useful when working with multiple profiles. Note that the profile name profile_name is case sensitive. If no profile name is specified, the Profile Manager will start. You must use uppercase P on Linux versions earlier than 7.x, as lowercase P will cause it to run in cleanup mode ( leak detection memory). On other platforms, both upper and lower case are allowed.

Firefox -P "Joel User"

-profile "profile_path"

Launch with a profile with the specified path. Only Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey2.x.

The "profile_path" path can be either absolute ("/ path / to / profile") or relative ("path / to / profile").

Note: Specifying relative paths on Mac OS X is no longer supported due to regression in Firefox 4.0 and up, see bug 673955.

-new-instance

Launches a new instance of the application instead of a new window in an already running application, which allows you to keep multiple copies of the application open at the same time.

Firefox -new-instance -P "Another Profile"

-no-remote

Does not allow receiving or sending remote commands; implicit use of the -new-instance option.

Firefox -no-remote -P "Another Profile"

Note: As of Firefox 9, this really means what is meant on all platforms, i.e. instances created using this parameter do not receive or send remote teams, see bug 650078. This means that such instances cannot be reused. Also when using this argument anyway a new instance is created.

-migration

Launching the application with the Migration Wizard.

-override / path / to / override.ini

Loads the specified override.ini file to override application.ini (). This can be used to suppress the Migration Wizard when it starts by loading the next override.ini file. Only Firefox.

EnableProfileMigrator = 0

Browser

-browser

Launching the browser component. Only Firefox and SeaMonkey.

-url URL

Opens the URL in a new window or tab, depending on your browser settings. The -url option name can be omitted. Several URLs are allowed, separated by spaces. Only Firefox and SeaMonkey.

Note: When you open multiple URLs, Firefox always opens them as tabs in a new window.

Firefox www.mozilla.com firefox www.mozilla.com website

-private

Opens Firefox in private browsing mode. Only Firefox 3.6 and later.

Not applicable in Ubuntu for Firefox 20 and later.

-private-window

Opens a new private window for an existing Firefox instance. Only Firefox 20 and later.

-private-window Url

Opens Url in a new window in privacy mode. If the private window is already open, a new tab will be opened in the existing window. Firefox 29 and later. Doesn't work in Firefox 31 on linux mint 17 (the page opens in a non-private window).

-new-tab URL

Opens a URL in a new tab. Only Firefox and SeaMonkey2.x.

-new-window URL

Opens a URL in a new window. Only Firefox and SeaMonkey2.x.

-search term

Search for term in the default search engine. Only Firefox and SeaMonkey 2.1 and later.

-preferences

Opens the settings window. Only Firefox and SeaMonkey2.x.

-setDefaultBrowser

Sets the application as the default browser. Only Firefox.

Mail and news

-mail

Launches the mail client. Only Thunderbird and SeaMonkey.

-news news_URL

Launches a news client. If news_URL is specified (optional), opens the specified newsgroup. Only Thunderbird and SeaMonkey.

Thunderbird -news news: // server / group

-compose message_options

Opens the mail message editor. Cm. . Only Thunderbird and SeaMonkey.

Thunderbird -compose " [email protected] "

-addressbook

Opens the address book. Only Thunderbird and SeaMonkey.

-options

Opens the "Tools / Options" window. Only Thunderbird.

-offline

Start in standalone mode. Only Thunderbird and SeaMonkey.

-setDefaultMail

Installs the application as the default mail client. Only Thunderbird.

Calendar

-calendar

Launches the calendar application. Only Sunbird.

-subscribe URL or -url URL

-showdate date

Show your schedule for the specified date date. Only Sunbird.

Sunbird -showdate 08/04/2008

Other components

-editor URL or -edit URL

Launches the editor for the specified URL (where URL is an optional parameter). Only SeaMonkey.

Seamonkey -edit www.mozilla.org

-jsdebugger

-start-debugger-server port

-inspector URL

-register chrome_URL

Registers the specified chrome, but does not start the application.

Supplements

Gecko 1.9.2 notice

The -install-global-extension and -install-global-theme options have been removed from Gecko 1.9.2 and later.

-install-global-extension / path / to / extension

Installs the extension to the application folder. The path to the extension is specified as a parameter. To install, you must have administrator rights.

-install-global-theme / path / to / theme

Same as above for topics. To install, you must have administrator rights.

Note: Starting with Firefox 2.0.0.7, the use of the -install-global-extension and -install-global-theme command line options has been limited to installing only those add-ons that are located on a local or network drive. Direct installation from a network share is no longer allowed.

-safe-mode

Launches the application with add-ons disabled for this session only. (Extensions are not loaded, but are not permanently disabled in the extension manager).

Localization

-UILocale locale

Launch with the user interface language specified in locale.

Firefox -UILocale en-US

Remote control

-remote remote_command

Note: This feature was removed in Firefox 36.0, restored in 36.0.1, and removed again in version 39.0. See bug 1080319.

Executes the remote command remote_command in an already running application process (see remote control).

Firefox -remote "openURL (www.mozilla.org, new-tab)"

Note: This option is only available for UNIX platforms running X-Windows.

Miscellaneous

-tray

Launching the application minimized to the tray. Useful when autostarting.

-silent

Do not open windows by default. Useful when used with options that open their own windows, but do not prevent default windows from opening. Only Firefox, Thunderbird3.x and SeaMonkey2.x.

-console

Launching the application with the debug console.

Note: Supported for Windows only.

-attach-console

Write messages to the debug console of the window that launched the application instead of opening a new window for debug messages.