Run Adobe Bridge with arguments

[Carlo Didier]

Has anyone tried to run Adobe Bridge with a parameter (like a folder name)?

In a command prompt, this works perfectly:

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"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Bridge CC 2019\Bridge.exe" "D:\Photos"

But this just won't pass the parameter to Bridge:

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            $(document).ready(function () {
                 IMatch.shellExecute({
                     'executable' : '\"C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Adobe Bridge CC 2019\\Bridge.exe\"',
                     'parameters' : "D:\\Photos",
                     'showwindow' : true
                 });
                console.log("started?");
                IMatch.modalClose();
            });

I tried "D:\\Photos", 'D:\\Photos', '\"D:\\Photos\"', etc, etc, nothing works!
Bridge just opens at the last folder it displayed when it was closed.
Javascript is driving me nuts once again ...

[Mario]

No problems here. I use this code:

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IMatch.shellExecute({
    'executable' : '\"C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Adobe Bridge CC 2019\\Bridge.exe\"',
    'parameters' : '\"c:\\data\\webDBImages\"',
    'showwindow' : true
});


Bridge crashes on me half the time or freezes as usual. But it opens in whatever folder I specify in my test app.

[Carlo Didier]

Bridge crashes on me half the time or freezes as usual. But it opens in whatever folder I specify in my test app.

Same thing here, nearly half of the time I start it from a script it gives an error with the display driver and freezes. After that it looses the configuration of the panels ... Never happens when I start it directly, only from scripts and with parameters. I think it's since the last update.
I attach a screenshot of the error. Do you get the same or similar?

[Carlo Didier]

Strange. I did a copy/paste of your code and changed the path and now it works ...
Did a compare of my old version and yours and they are identical, except for the path.
Heaven alone knows what it's problem was!

[Mario]

Yep. This came new with one of the recent updates. I get these also when I start Bridge from START or the task bar.
But I never use Bridge so I don#t care. It may mess up metadata etc. And I have IMatch 

I just updated it today and tried your app to see if it works.

[Carlo Didier]

I use Bridge and ACR all the time and it never crashed on me, except after some update lately and only when I start it from another program or script.

[Mario]

Who knows what Adobe did this time.

They use a platform-neutral ui library of their own doing, and hence don't really integrate with any platform properly.