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Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 03:51:47 +0100
From: Michael Schaap <cygwin AT mscha DOT org>
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On 3-12-2002 0:28, Andre Srinivasan wrote:
> BB> What happens using plain start (C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\start.exe)? 
> 
> I can't seem to find start.exe on my W2K box.

No such thing on W2K.  "start" is a cmd.exe builtin.

You could try:

	$ cmd /c start ....

  - Michael


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