Command Line Options Available for Windows Media Player (241422)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4

This article was previously published under Q241422

SUMMARY

When starting the Windows Media Player from a command prompt, you can specify several startup parameters.

MORE INFORMATION

The Windows Media Player has several command line options:

/open: Open the file, don't automatically start playing.
/play: Start playing the file as soon the player is launched.
/close: Close the player after playback (only works when used with /play).
/fullscreen: Start the file in full-screen mode.
/new: Use a new instance of the player.

For example, to play a file and close the player when done:

Mplayer2.exe /play /close C:\Asfroot\Sample.asf

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	8/29/2001
Keywords:	kbDSupport kbinfo KB241422

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