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How do I give command-line options to a Windows program like WinBoard?

April 26, 2017Chess command-line crafty GNU Options program WinBoard Windows XBoard

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How do I give command-line options to a Windows program like WinBoard?

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E.6 I want to use XBoard or WinBoard as an Internet Chess Server interface, but the ICS Client option is grayed out on the menu.

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There are many ways; pick your favorite: • Type the command line into an MS-DOS Prompt box. Example: “WinBoard -ics”. • Make a Windows shortcut for WinBoard. You can do this by right-dragging WinBoard.exe to the desktop and selecting “Create Shortcut(s) Here” from the menu that appears. Right-click on the shortcut, select Properties, and click the Shortcut tab. The command-line text box is labelled “Target” instead of “Command line” just to confuse you. Edit the text in this box, adding the command line options to the end. • Choose Run from the Start menu, or File / Run from the Program Manager or File Manager, and type the command line into the dialog you get. You may have to give WinBoard’s full drivespec and filename if it is not in a directory on your search path. • Make a Program Manager icon for WinBoard. You can do this by dragging WinBoard.exe from the File Manager into the Program Manager, or by using File / New in the Program Manager. Select the icon and choose File / Propert

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There are many ways; pick your favorite: * Type the command line into an MS-DOS Prompt box. Example: “WinBoard -ics”. Starting Windows programs from an MS-DOS Prompt box works only on Windows 95 or Windows NT, but then, WinBoard itself works only on those systems. * Make a Windows 95 shortcut for WinBoard. You can do this by right-dragging WinBoard.exe to the desktop and selecting “Create Shortcut(s) Here” from the menu that appears. Right-click on the shortcut, select Properties, and click the Shortcut tab. The command-line text box is labelled “Target” instead of “Command line” just to confuse you. Edit the text in this box, adding the command line options to the end. * Choose Run from the Start menu, or File / Run from the Program Manager or File Manager, and type the command line into the dialog you get. You may have to give WinBoard’s full drivespec and filename if it is not in a directory on your search path. * Make a Program Manager icon for WinBoard. You can do this by dragging