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Everything about Start (command)

Shell command

In computing, start is a command of the IBM OS/2, Microsoft Windows and ReactOS command-line interpreter cmd.exe to start programs or batch files or to open files or directories using the default program. start is not available as a standalone program. The underlying Win32 API is ShellExecute. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Start (command)A 5-minute orientation
  2. Pick up a classic book: VectorWorks 8.0 Training CD - Vol 3 of 5 - Macintosh/WindowsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  3. Read the landmark paper: Flexible body dynamics of the goldfish C-start: implications for reticulospinal command mechanismsCited 120 times
  4. Go sideways: Title (command)A closely related topic
  5. Go sideways: Help (command)A closely related topic

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🗂️ The subject at a glance

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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

📚 Books worth reading

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