how to fix firefox command line arguments launched by the start menu's search box?

Question

Another little, but annoying and not understandable issue on my computer:

If I use the start menu's search box to launch firefox with command line arguments (e.g. -p -no-remote) but without its full path, firefox is launched without arguments...

And on the other side, if I use the run box (Win+R) I don't need the full path and the arguments are used. And if I use another command line (e.g. cmd /K ipconfig) in the start menu's search box there's no problem either...

As far as I remember it's not the normal behavior. And reinstalling doesn't fix it, so how to?

Answer 1

Suggestion: create a batch file (.bat or .cmd) in the Firefox folder that'll do this for you:

firefox.bat (or firefox.cmd)

firefox.exe -p -no-remote

Would the search-box find this script? (I don't have Win7 so I can't check).

Answer 2

After some research, I found that if I add the extension (.exe) it works

So I will use:

firefox.exe -p -no-remote

and not:

firefox -p -no-remote

I also found that if I remove all the shortcuts from the start menu it works too (without the ".exe")

Additional note: I think the search box use this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\firefox.exe to find it

It leads to other questions: Which places exactly are used to launch programs from the search box? In what preference order? Is it possible to configure this order?