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I have a simple script to change a file name and open an excel macro concerning said file to do operations on it. When i run it, the file opens in a command prompt titled, "FM-001761-01 Substrate Thickness.xls" instead of the actual file.Code follows:

if exist "FM-001761-01 Substrate Thickness.xls" ( msg "%username%" Please move the current FM-001761-01 Substrate Thickness.xls file quit ) if exist qcprint.txt ( if exist qcprint.csv ( del qcprint.csv rename "qcprint.txt" qcprint.csv start "FM-001761-01 Substrate Thickness backup.xlsm" ) else ( rename "qcprint.txt" qcprint.csv start "FM-001761-01 Substrate Thickness backup.xlsm" ) ) else ( if exist qcprint.csv ( start "FM-001761-01 Substrate Thickness backup.xlsm" ) else ( msg "%username%" Please load the "qcprint.txt" file to the flash drive. ) )

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The syntax of the start command (abridged, see start /? for the full syntax) is:

start ["title"] [command/program] [parameters]

If your [command/program] is in quotes, start thinks it is the title, and since it sees no program, just starts a command window.

The solution:

start "" "FM-001761-01 Substrate Thickness backup.xlsm"
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