User Guide

Appendix 5: System administrator options
Command line arguments
Command lines can be entered from the Run command found in the Start menu.
Default behavior (no arguments)
When no command line arguments are given, ACDSee starts in Browse mode in
the default folder.
Specifying images to view
You can supply ACDSee with one or more image files as a command line argu-
ment. Wildcards are permitted.
For example, to start ACDSee and have it view all the .JPG files in the
c:\images folder: acdsee5 c:\images\*.jpg
If any file name includes spaces, you must enclose the file name in quotation
marks:
For example, acdsee5 “Metal Links.bmp”
For example, acdsee5 “C:\My Pictures\Spot.psd” D:\Downloads\*.jpg
Browsing a particular folder or archive
You may browse a particular folder or archive using a command-line argument:
For example, acdsee5 c:\images\ starts the ACDSee browser in the
c:\images folder.
Starting in View mode (with no images)
You can start ACDSee in View mode, without an image, by specifying the /v com-
mand line switch:
For example, acdsee5 /v
ACDSee ignores all other command-line arguments when the /v switch is present.
Printing
You can use ACDSee to print one or more images and exit by specifying the /p
command line switch:
For example, acdsee5 /p “C:\My Pictures\Spot.psd”
“D:\Downloads\*.jpg”
You can bypass the printer selection and print setup dialog boxes that normally
appear by adding an exclamation mark (!) to the /p switch.
For example, acdsee5 /p! “Flowers.jpg”
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