title: START command in windows - the system cannot accept the start command parameter 1
body: <p>I'm trying to call a batch file using <code>START</code> so I can control the processor affinity of the <em>single</em> compile command inside it.</p>
  
  <p><strong>ATTEMPT #1</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>START "" /NODE 1 /AFFINITY 0x1 build_one_qcc.bat
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But I get the error message</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>The system cannot accept the START command parameter 1</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p><strong>ATTEMPT #2</strong> </p>
  
  <pre><code>START "" build_one_qcc.bat
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And that launched a new cmd window but within that window I got the same error message.</p>
  
  <p><strong>ATTEMPT #3</strong></p>
  
  <p>I copy-pasted to my command window the contents of the batch file plus the <code>START</code> command:</p>
  
  <pre><code>start "" /node 1 /affinity 0x1 "qcc -Vgcc_ntoarmv7le ... "
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Still got same error</p>
  
  <p>What am I doing wrong?</p>