Open a Web Page in a Windows Batch FIle

Question

I have a batch file that does a bunch of things and at the end needs to open up a web browser to a page  Is there a way to  in essence  call ShellExecute on a http to open the web page   Windows Command Prompt

User · Accepted Answer

You can use the start command to do much the same thing as ShellExecute  For example   start    http   www stackoverflow com   This will launch whatever browser is the default browser  so won t necessarily launch Internet Explorer

User · Answer

start did not work for me  I used  firefox http   www stackoverflow com  or chrome http   www stackoverflow com  Obviously not great for distributing it  but if you re using it for a specific machine  it should work fine

User · Answer

When you use the start command to a website it will use the default browser by default but if you want to use a specific browser then use start iexplorer exe www website com  Also you cannot have http    in the url

User · Answer

Unfortunately  the best method to approach this is to use Internet Explorer as it s a browser that is guaranteed to be on Windows based machines  This will also bring compatibility of other users which might have alternative browsers such as Firefox  Chrome  Opera  etc  start  quot iexplore exe quot  http   www website com

User · Answer

hh exe  help pages renderer  is capable of opening some simple webpages  hh http   www nissan com  This will work even if browsing is blocked through  HKEY CURRENT USER Software Policies Microsoft Internet Explorer

[windows] Open a Web Page in a Windows Batch FIle

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