Open an executable file using VB or CMD

Question

How to open a file from any extension, such as - Paçoca.legalcara an executable like - algo.exe using CMD or VB?

Note: The path must be relative, which means that all are in the same folder

Answer 1

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For use in the same folder and using relative paths for calling the executable (something.exe) passing the argument/file(Paçoca.legalcara)

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In VB

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Dim oFSO 
Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
sScriptDir = oFSO.GetParentFolderName(WScript.ScriptFullName)
set shell=CreateObject("Shell.Application")
shell.ShellExecute "algo.exe",sScriptDir+"\Paçoca.legalcara z -S -v ",sScriptDir, , 1
set shell=nothing 

Obs.: For testing purposes, they were thus renamed:

filing cabinet madplay.exe for algo.exe

aqruivo Redemption Song.mp3 for Paçoca.legalcara

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In CMD

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pushd "caminho_de_sua_pasta" && .\algo.exe ".\Paçoca.legalcara" & popd

rem :: ou ..

pushd "caminho_de_sua_pasta" && start "" .\algo.exe ".\Paçoca.legalcara" & popd

rem :: ou ..

cd /d  "caminho_de_sua_pasta" && .\algo.exe ".\Paçoca.legalcara"

rem :: ou ..

cd /d "caminho_de_sua_pasta" && start "" .\algo.exe ".\Paçoca.legalcara"

Answer 2

In VB you can use the arguments, for example call the Notepad:

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("notepad.exe", "c:\arquivo.txt")

And the cmd would be something like:

start "notepad.exe" "c:\arquivo.txt"