Assume Microsoft Office is installed. Consider the following batch file:
REM the following line successfully launches Microsoft Word
start winword
REM none of the following commands work to launch Microsoft Word
winword
winword.exe
winword.com
winword.bat
winword.cmd
winword.vbs
winword.vbe
winword.js
winword.jse
winword.wsf
winword.wsh
winword.msc
What is it about the "start" instruction that allows the launching of Microsoft Word using the name "winword"?
My curiosity stems from my interest in the mechanics of the "start" verb - I don't need suggestions on other ways to start Microsoft Office. Please don't suggest that I add the Microsoft Office directory to my PATH environment variable - I know what that would do.
How is start
finding "winword" when cmd
cannot find it directly?