Need to start the IrfanView graphics viewer/editor in a Windows XP batch file that can be run from anywhere? Doing so opens up a wide variety of functions that will be explained in future tips on MalekTips.

1. Start up Notepad. Click "Start" - "Run", enter "notepad" (without quotes) and press ENTER.

2. Key the following into the Notepad window (it should all be on one line):

@"c:\program files\irfanview\i_view32.exe" %*

Note that if IrfanView was installed in a different directory, you should replace the above directory with the one where you installed the software.

3. Save the file to your Windows directory as irfanview.bat. Click "File" - "Save" and enter the following filename:

%WINDIR%\irfanview.bat

4. Press "Save".

Now, if you need to start IrfanView in a batch file or on the Windows XP command line, just enter the command:

irfanview

You can also start IrfanView and automatically load a graphic. For example, the following command would start IrfanView, loading image c:\temp\football.jpg :

irfanview c:\temp\football.jpg

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