Media Player Command-Line Switches Not Documented

Last reviewed: September 9, 1996
Article ID: Q126637

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.1, 3.11
Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1, 3.11
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5

The Windows, Windows for Workgroups, and Windows NT documentation does not document the following command-line switches Media Player (both for the 16- bit [mplayer.exe] and 32-bit [mplay32.exe] versions):

   /play        play Media Player file immediately
   /close       close after playing Media Player file (used with /play)
   /embedding   run as an OLE server
   <filename>   file or device to open

KBCategory: kbdocerr
KBSubcategory: ntdocerr
Additional reference words: prodnt 3.10 3.11 3.50 wfw win3x win16sdk
win32sdk wfw
wfwg

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Last reviewed: September 9, 1996
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