In the windows command line interface CMD, typing "start iexplore [URL]" will start Internet Explorer and make it go to the web page of your choice. I find myself doing this a lot from work, because for some weird reason the nanny software hides IE's address bar. Is there a similar command that will start the default web browser, regardless of whether it's IE, Firefox, or some other browser?
Yes, just start [URL]
Try ctr+l in IE. I think it opens an address bar for you.
start [URL] gives an error message at my work computer, I'll try it at home later, but I don't think the start command actually knows what to do with an arbitrary URL.
Document files may be invoked through their file association just by typing the name of the file as a command.
e.g. START WORD.DOC would launch the application associated with the .DOC file extension
I don't think you even need the start prefix. On my machine at home just typing word.doc will fire up Microsoft Word.
I doubt that shortcut works with a URL though.
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Cool.
Actually thought about it when I posted. It makes sense, how else would it know if you meant a directory named google.com or a website http://google.com?
I added the /index.html to be completely sure thought.