When you launch the Player using play.exe, the Play dialog box opens to allow you to select a browser installed on your workstation. This dialog box opens each time you launch play.exe unless you mark the Do not ask me again checkbox.

Note: If you opted to not have the Play dialog box display, the last browser selected is used when you launch play.exe. To reinstate the Play dialog upon play.exe launch, use the Reset Dialogs button under the General category (under Developer) in the Options dialog box to reset the option. If you do not have access to the Developer, you can run play.exe with the /reset option.

Play.exe can be used with these command line parameters:

/browser=[firefox,safari,ie,system]

This parameter sets the browser to use when you launch play.exe. If you select the system option, the system default browser is used. If the system default is not a supported browser, Internet Explorer is used.

/reset

This parameter resets the browser to the system default browser. Also, resets the Do not ask again box on the Play dialog box to unmarked.

/log

This parameter creates a log file in the directory where play.exe is launched.

/i

This parameter forces the Play dialog box to display. This is used to bring back the Play dialog box after the Do not ask me again checkbox has been marked.

/?, /h, /help

These parameters display a list of all the command line options.

URL

This parameter launches the topic from the provided URL. If no URL is provided, play.exe launches index.html from the same directory in which play.exe is located.

To run play.exe from a command prompt:

1. Open a command prompt or the Run dialog box.
    
2. Change the directory or enter the full path to play.exe.
    
3. Type play.exe and append the desired parameters.
    
4. Press ENTER to launch the Player.

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