If I wanted to open a particular text file, I would just type notepad d:\notes\todo.txt in the Start Menu's search field, press Enter on the keyboard, and my text file opens.

Combining everything so far, you could create a new file called "backup.bat" either in a text editor, such as Notepad or Vim, or through the command line with the command "edit backup.bat". Use ...

Launch apps from the command line With the Command Prompt open, type start winword and press Enter to open Microsoft Word, start excel to launch Excel, and start mplayer2 to open the old version ...