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@9hurm Your code at the bottom of your post is exactly what I tried (amongst a lot of other things). Still, it does not work. Just as an example, I tried starting a graphics program with a file as an argument. And it opened itself (was not open before) and the the file given as an argument. However: As soon as the program was open already, it would not open the file anymore when I click on the respective OD icon? Like I wrote abobe, in the TotalCommander forums I

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@Lantec: OK, I found the option you mentioned, it's the second to top box though ;-) Now if I give "totalcmd.exe" for a link it will bring Total Commander to the front when clicked (focus). Very well! But the given Argeuments seem to be ignored. I've put something like "cd c:\directory\anotherdirectory\" there. If I put the same thing into Total Commander's Commandbox it works perfectly. The same thing (or other commands as well) does nothing when I click Object Dock.

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Thanks for the answers so far. @Zubaz I don't hink that it is possible to command Total Commander by Windows Command Prompt. It has it's own, built in Command Prompt from where I can execute Windows Commands, I don't think it's working the other way around though. It would be nice to have the option inside ObjectDock to send commands to programs directly. I don't know if this is a big thing or quite easy to accomplish, I am just saying it would be nice ... @Lantec:<b

How do I "command" open programs? in ObjectDock Stardock Forums

Hi, I just installed ObjectDock and quite like it so far. But I would need something special and I did not yet find a solution to it: *) I am using "TotalCommander" (for those who don't know it, it's basically a filebrowser, a replacement to the Windows-own Explorer if you will) and it is always open. I'd like to Object Dock to perform a "change directory cd/" to TotalCommander into certain directories WHILE IT IS RUNNING. I can give a link insede OD of