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Saving multiple commands using same executable but different arguments doens't work?

I have two commands that I'm trying to save that use the same executable but have different arguments. Is Crossover unable to handle that? For example, run the following commands and then save them:

notepad /A Y:\text1.txt

(this will get saved as notepad)

Then, run another command and save it

notepad /A Y:\text2.txt

(this will get saved as notepad.app.app - unusual name!)

When you run the "saved" commands, you probably would expect "notepad" to open text1.txt and the "notepad.app.app" to open text2.txt. But, what actually happens is that they both open text2.txt - so the arguments in "notepad" got overwritten. If you add a third command, then all three will open whatever the 3rd argument is, and so on.

I've inspected the package and both plist files have the correct command with arguments saved, but obviously there is something going on behind the scenes. I don't understand why Crossover would be limited in this way - is there a workaround?

Thanks,
Jason

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