Strange behavior of Windows Start Command [duplicate]

On Windows 7 x64 the following line run from a CMD window simply opens another CMD Window. It does not actually run myprog.exe.

  START "c:\program files\myprogram\myprog.exe"

Is there some special usage I need to know about START command?

Thanks.

Solution 1:

That's telling start to create a new console with the title c:\program files\myprogram\myprog.exe

You need to start "" "c:\program files\myprogram\myprog.exe"