Open a Website from the Windows Command Line

Here are three ways to open a web page from the command prompt from Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, etc. All of the following examples will open the designated web page in Internet Explorer or other default browser.

• start <website>
  Example:
  start www.powercram.com
  OR start http://powercram.com
• \progra~1\intern~1\iexplore <website>
  Example:
  \progra~1\intern~1\iexplore www.powercram.com
  OR \progra~1\intern~1\iexplore http://powercram.com
• "\program files\internet explorer\iexplore" <website>
  Example (must include quotes):
  "\program files\internet explorer\iexplore" www.powercram.com
  OR "\program files\internet explorer\iexplore" http://powercram.com

NOTES

• The first example will open the designated site/page in a new tab of Internet Explorer.  The other two will launch a new instance of the browser.
• In the examples above <website> must either be preceded by "http://" or "www."