This one, without the title, and the /WAIT parameter, was OK, too ! >start notepad++.exe change.logĮven, this simple DOS line, did launch N++ and get the change.log file : >notepad++ change.log The command below works fine : >start '' /wait 'notepad++.exe' So, after starting a CMD console windows and moving to the right folder : d:\Documents and Settings\xvr823.380490A\Mes documents (17:04:33) So, all your text must be normalized with, either, the apostrophe ( \x ) character, before being executed currently have my “working” N++ in the folder C:\_751 of my Win XP configuration. When you copy / paste text, in normal video, from our site, beware about single and double quotes ! Indeed, NodeBB site changes, for instance :