Play media files with CMD.exe

README.md

Play media files with CMD.exe

1. Create this C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT
2. cmd /c "%PLAY%Beatles - Yellow Submarine.mp3"

VLC.lnk %cd% starts playing in the cur dir.

Or go default

(and easy)

Command Extensions are

• turned ON

  • "Beatles - Yellow Submarine.mp3"

• turned OFF

  • explorer "Beatles - Yellow Submarine.mp3"

  explorer works much like open on Mac and xdg-open on GNU/Linux.

To change Default Programs use assoc and ftype.

AUTOEXEC.BAT

Since any SET statement in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT are parsed at boot time and since other than setting environment variables is ignored

AUTOEXEC.bat define environment variables global to all users

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\AutoRun with %USERPROFILE%\bin\env.cmd

set " displays undocumented system variables.

doskey dirall=dir /a: $1 dir all files.

aliases https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20530996/aliases-in-windows-command-prompt

AUTOEXEC.BAT

@PATH %USERPROFILE%\bin
@PATH %USERPROFILE%\Desktop
@SET PLAY=start VLC.lnk ^"^%cd^%\