It's not "start" is an alias to "explorer", it's that "start" runs the args through "ShellExecute".
I mention this only because it has some other uses. For instance, Windows apps can install run handlers so that something like Start->Run->Excel will launch Excel. Just running "excel" on a command prompt won't work, but "start excel" will work, since that kicks off the right path.
You can also use something like "start /w filename.txt" to start an instance of your editor, and wait for it to close (well, mostly, some apps do weird things and break this)
It's not "start" is an alias to "explorer", it's that "start" runs the args through "ShellExecute".
I mention this only because it has some other uses. For instance, Windows apps can install run handlers so that something like Start->Run->Excel will launch Excel. Just running "excel" on a command prompt won't work, but "start excel" will work, since that kicks off the right path.
You can also use something like "start /w filename.txt" to start an instance of your editor, and wait for it to close (well, mostly, some apps do weird things and break this)