open program minimized via command prompt

windows command-prompt
barbar picture barbar · Apr 14, 2014 · Viewed 98.8k times · Source

I have a windows 8.1 machine and I want to open a program with minimized window. For a program like notepad, I just use the following command:

start /min "" "C:\Windows\notepad.exe"

and then a new notepad window starts in minimized mode.

The problem is that not all programs do this. When I want to start for instance MS Word in minimized mode I use:

start /min "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE"

but then a new Word windows starts up in MAXIMIZED mode.

Is there a way to start it minimized?

Answer

Jayaraj picture Jayaraj · Apr 3, 2015

I tried this commands in my PC.It is working fine....

To open notepad in minimized mode:

start /min "" "C:\Windows\notepad.exe"

To open MS word in minimized mode:

start /min "" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE"

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