CANNOT OPEN A SELECTED FILE BUT CAN OPEN OTHERS

[Barry Alter]

I’m USING A COMMAND PROMPT AND BATCH FILE TO OPEN NOTEPAD AND A FILE.
ANY OTHER FILE IN THE DIRECTORY OPENS NOTEPAD AND THE FILE, BUT ONE. I GET THIS MESSAGE
Z:\BATCH\MRKV FILENAME.DAT 1>NUL.
COMMAND LINE STOPS RIGHT THERE.
NOTEPAD AND THE FILE DOES NOT OPEN.
THEN I NEED TO CTRL C AND TERMINATE BATCH JOB.
IF I OPEN NOTEPAD THE FILE IS OPEN IN NOTEPAD.
ANY OTHER FILE WILL OPEN AND GO DIRECTLY TO NOTEPAD BUT THIS ONE.
I HAVE USED AND OPENED THIS FILE WITH NO PROBLEM FOR YEARS.
I HAVE DELETED THE FILE AND CREATED A NEW ONE… STILL DOES NOT OPEN.
I’VE REBOOTED. STUMPTED.
ANY IDEAS?

THIS FILE HAS OPENED PREVIOUSLY FOR YEARS WITH NO PROBLEM. ANY IDE???