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Attempting to invoke command line switches in Firefox Portable PackageVersion 3.0.7

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OstermanA
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Attempting to invoke command line switches in Firefox Portable PackageVersion 3.0.7

I am attempting to create menu items for various specific web pages in the PortableApps menu. All the information on what I'm doing should be here:

\PortableApps\FirefoxPortable\App\AppInfo\appinfo.ini

[Format]
Type=PortableApps.comFormat
Version=0.9.8

[Details]
Name=Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition
Publisher=Mozilla & PortableApps.com
Homepage=PortableApps.com/FirefoxPortable
Category=Internet
Description=Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition is the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser 

packaged with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your bookmarks, 

extensions and saved passwords with you.

[License]
Shareable=true
OpenSource=true
Freeware=true
CommercialUse=true

[Version]
PackageVersion=3.0.7.0
DisplayVersion=3.0.7 (English)

[Control]
Icons=3
Start=FirefoxPortable.exe
Start1=FirefoxPortable.exe
Name1=Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition
Start2=FirefoxPortable.exe cisco.netacad.net
Name2=Cisco Network Academy
Start3="FirefoxPortable.exe 203\index.html"
Name3=Cisco - LAN Switching and Wireless Curriculum
Start4="FirefoxPortable.exe 204\index.html"
Name4=Cisco - Accessing The WAN Curriculum

The problem I have is links 2, 3 and 4 do nothing. If I remove the command line switches, they run FirefoxPortable just fine. Anyone know how/why?

Just to make things more fun, if I try and call the command with switches in the Windows command prompt, it behaves exactly as it should.

(Note: Yes I know the fourth icon isn't active. This is intentional)

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Chris Morgan
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Not valid

That's not what you're meant to do. For starters, AppInfo will be completely purged during upgrade and so this is only a temporary solution.

Then, StartN is not meant to contain command line arguments. The way the execution is handled in the program, it will be trying to execute an executable named X:\PortableApps\FirefoxPortable\FirefoxPortable.exe cisco.netacad.net - as with most programming languages, you can't just append arguments, they come as a different value.

(This issue was then solved in IRC. See the logs for more info.)

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OliverK
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how about a link for the lazy

how about a link for the lazy Wink

Or those who just plain don't know what you're talking about.

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Chris Morgan
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OK...

Here are the logs. They don't really contain anything useful though.

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