Open Word document from command line with additional data source parameter

Question

It is possible to open a word document from the command line using this:

rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler path.to.word.document.doc

Unfortunately, that document needs an external data source, so the path of that data source has to be set manually once it is opened.

Is there a more convenient way to provide an additional parameter to point to the data source?

Answer 1

In the cmd instance I opened the document but just typing in the document name in

"whatever it's called.docx"

Answer 2

You can open a word document using

winword.exe <filepath>

To use winword in command prompt you need to set your path variable like this

set path=%path%;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14

Answer 3

If you use PowerShell, you can type "ii FileName". For example, "ii *.docx" will open all the .docx files in the folder. It works for all types of files, not just Word documents.