Windows equivalent of the Mac OS X “open” command

Question

Liu Chang asked a very similar question to this one here, Linux equivalent of the Mac OS X "open" command.

Is there a windows equivalent for the Mac OS X \"ope

Answer 1

Use start
I am using Windows 10 and:

> start .          

Opens the current directory in File Explorer

> start text.txt

Opened text file in Notepad++ (It is set as my default Txt editor)