Shoutbox

use a .exe that takes an argument to launch another file. I had this problem in the past when trying to launch a ppt. There's programs out there. let me see if i can find one.

Another alternative:
put start before the file you want to run. this will launch a command prompt for a moment before launching the file

code:

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[autorun]
open=start file.txt

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Here, this program should do the trick: http://www.naughter.com/shelexec.html