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If I paste the following url directly into the address bar of internet explorer

http://maps.google.com/maps?layer=c&cbll=56.18231,10.20435&cbp=12,70

the related google maps streetview is shown.

If instead I try

start "" "http://maps.google.com/maps?layer=c&cbll=56.18231,10.20435&cbp=12,70"

this url is shown and no streetview

https://www.google.com/maps/@/data=!3m3!1e1!3m1!2e0

The problem only occurs when IE is the default browser. With Chrome as default browser the streetview is displayed correctly also when using the start command at command prompt.

Any idea what could be going wrong? I have also tried

rundll32.exe url.dll,FileProtocolHandler http://maps.google.com/maps?layer=c&cbll=56.18231,10.20435&cbp=12,70

to no avail.

The customer that I am setting this up for is using IE 8. There are no issues with higher IE versions, or Chrome

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    can you be more specific than start "" "" it'd be a bit strange if start "" "" even launched a web browser let alone a location in google maps
    – barlop
    Jul 2, 2015 at 13:42
  • The line, which supposedly starts the default browser, was: start "" "http://maps.google.com/maps?layer=c&cbll=56.18231,10.20435&cbp=12,70" Jul 2, 2015 at 14:03
  • I should add: this customer that I am setting this up for is using IE 8. There are no issues with higher IE versions, or Chrome. Jul 2, 2015 at 14:11
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    Question fixed as per OP's comments.
    – DavidPostill
    Jul 2, 2015 at 14:28

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try

start "" "http://maps.google.com/maps?layer=c&cbll=56.18231,10.20435&cbp=12,70"

this will start the file http://maps.google.com/maps?layer=c&cbll=56.18231,10.20435&cbp=12,70 which is a website so it will open it with internet explorer the first set of brackets is the program you want to open it with but as internet explorer is the default the first set can be left blank

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  • That is exactly what was in the question (which wasn't formatted very well - so you couldn't see the URL). I've fixed the question.
    – DavidPostill
    Jul 2, 2015 at 14:27
  • Thanks to both, my initial question was indeed poorly formatted. @AlexanderRD: your solution works if the default browser is not IE8. But I need a solution for IE8. Jul 2, 2015 at 14:35

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