how about this a switch tester for when test *.exe

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I agree with ya Alanoll, i don't think theres anyway to retrieve the list of switches, without some sort of database..

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doesn't Command$ return the command switch that was used in starting your program??? i've been looking into this for about 2 hours, and can't find any programs or source code examples that can actually get the list of command line options from another program...

Ok, I thought you wanted to make a exe to replace the real one being called, that would tell what switches are being passed to it, and then shell the real exe. Looks like I didn't get what you wanted to do...

If you want to discover what switches to use... Hmm, there's USSF, a forum search, and it's easier to do it by hand anyways (there's only a handfull to try if you can't guess). I hardly see a use for an app that will look for me what installer type some app uses as you can easily find out in 99% of cases (then you use the typical switches), and a lot of the apps have been posted on the forum too. If you want to do this, you're in for a lot of fun, you'll have to get creative. (run the other app.exe /?, look up resources, look for certain strings in the installer, ...) A lot of work for nothing imho.