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If you start your web browser and frequently visit the same websites, you can create a batch file to open all of your favorite websites at once. Using a batch file will open the websites you choose in tabs using your default browser, and the steps are easy enough even for beginners.
When used in a command line, script, or batch file, %1 is used to represent a variable or matched string. For example, in a Microsoft batch file, %1 can print what is entered after the batch file name.
&& runs the second command on the line when the first command comes back successfully (i.e. errorlevel == 0 ). The opposite of && is || , which runs the second command when the first command is unsuccessful (i.e. errorlevel != 0 ).
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.
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 "iexplore.exe" http://www.website.com
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.
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
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