batch file?

Howdy /comp/,

I'd like to have an icon on my desktop do multiple things. I need two bangs to litestep and one (if it's even possible) to refresh the desktop. Something like:

START /B C:\Directory with spaces\litestep\litestep.exe !quit
START /B C:\Directory with spaces\litestep\litestep.exe -nostartup
[Command to refresh desktop here]

Google got me this far, but I'm still getting errors... I think I need to get the spaces (" ") out, but I don't know how I'd execute the commands I want through litestep.exe if I can't call them like they're listed above... please help?

I don't understand what you mean by the refresh desktop. if you killed the explorer shell, then litestep should take care of the desktop. do you happen to have explorer shell running with litestep?

>>2
Yep, I'm running a VWM on top of explorer. I was wondering if there was a way to call a refresh kinda like the Show Desktop or Screensaver shortcuts...

Try this:

START /B "C:\Directory with spaces\litestep\litestep.exe" !quit
START /B "C:\Directory with spaces\litestep\litestep.exe" -nostartup

age for >>4

>>5
Err, thirtysomething, why? Cos I remember this thing called VFAT? Which came out with Windows95 so late in 95 the name was only barely justifiable?

Btw (in case anyone's wondering), this is in reply to the problem with spaces in the directory name (not whatever >>2 & >>3 were talking about). Skip rest of reply if problem is solved.


If the quotes don't work, try replacing "Directory with spaces" with "DIRECT~1" (without the quotes).

The name wil be 8 characters long, the number at the end added automatically as the filename is created (1 for first name that fits, 2 for 2nd, etc). Needless to say, if the number is >= 10, the name will now be DIREC~10, to keep it to 8 chars.

Btw, if this works, it'll be cos you're using VFAT. This is a patch for FAT12 & FAT16 (integrated in FAT32) to fix the problem ppl were having with filenames being 8.3 (8-char filename, 3-char extension, all uppercase).

The alternative FS for windows is NTFS. That one I don't know too well, however, as years back I finally got sufficiently PO'd with Billy the Kid Inc., that I left for the Penguin.

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>>1
Careful with START's syntax, it sucks. Add "" around file names, and initial empty quotation ( START "" "lol.exe" ) otherwise it won't work as you expect.

>>6
Whut

>>7
NO U

>>6
Err, thirtysomething, why?
At first I wondered who the hell you were talking to. Then I lol'd. Hard.

>>6
I also didn't know what he was talking about, then lol'd, and I was >>5

lurk moar >>6

>>9
>>10
Me too - funniest thing I've seen today.

Lol murk loar