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Notepad.exe command line options

Anonymous
2012-12-15T15:51:54+00:00

Is there a list of available command line options for notepad.exe?

I would like to use notepad in only display mode without any options, read only mode, without file options.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-12-15T16:20:26+00:00

    There is but a limited set of command line options:

    • /A <filename> open file as ansi
    • /W <filename> open file as unicode
    • /P <filename> print filename
    • /PT <filename> <printername> <driverdll> <port> print filename to designated printer

    There is no switch to disable file menu functionality.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-05-09T15:40:14+00:00

    Is there a switch for New Instance?

    I'm trying to create a .lnk file with Ctrl+Alt+N combination that will make new instance each time this combination is pressed?

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