Pass arguments when using the File protocol

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I found this question being asked on several places on the internet (including the File protocol MSDN page) but no clear answer.

So, if I am calling my application like this: file://c:\myapp.exe is there any way to pass it some command line arguments, like /nospashscreen=true

Things I've tried:

file://c:\myapp.exe?/nospashscreen=true - launches the app, but with no command line arguments :(

Thanks in advance.

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