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Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 01:38:26 +0300
From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon AT yandex DOT ru>
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Greetings, Lee!

>> How to open a web page (remote or local) or launch IE from the mintty/bash
>> command line?
>>
>> I've tried the following:
>>
>> $ cygstart "http://www.google.com"
>> $ cygstart index.html # local page
>> $ "/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe"
>> $ cygstart "/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe"
>>
>> If IE is already open, the first two examples work, but otherwise,
>> for all 4, IE flashes a window, which immediately closes.

> how about
> cmd /c "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"  "www.google.com"

I'd say,

cmd /c start "" https://google.com/


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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Wednesday, December 21, 2016 01:37:51

Sorry for my terrible english...


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