If your version of Atlantis is not U3-smart, you can launch it with parameters and switches in the command-line to instruct Atlantis to perform various actions.
A parameter in the command-line of Atlantis can be either a document filename that should be opened by Atlantis, or a switch (a string of characters preceded by a slash / or a hyphen –) that instructs Atlantis to perform some action.
The following table lists all the switches that can be used in the command-line of Atlantis.
You can use either long versions of switches, or their short counterparts.
| Switch (Long) | Switch (Short) | Description | Sample command-line |
| p | Atlantis opens all the documents specified in the command-line, prints them, and shuts down. | Atlantis.exe /p MyDocument.rtf | |
| NoPrintDialog | npd | Used in combination with the p switch. Instructs Atlantis to print the document from the command-line to the default printer "silently" (without displaying any dialogs). | Atlantis.exe /p /npd MyDocument.rtf |
| PrintTo | pt | Atlantis prints the document from the command-line to the specified printer "silently" (without displaying any dialogs). | Atlantis.exe /pt MyDocument.rtf "hp deskjet 656c series" |
| SystemTray | st | Atlantis automatically minimizes itself to the System Tray at startup. | Atlantis.exe -st |
| DontCreateNewDoc | n | Atlantis will not automatically create a new document at startup regardless its current settings. | Atlantis.exe /n |
| Restored | r | The window of Atlantis will be initially in "non-maximized" ("restored") state regardless the recent state of this window. | Atlantis.exe -r |
| Maximized | m | The window of Atlantis will be initially in the maximized state regardless the recent state of this window. | Atlantis.exe -m |
| FullScreen | fs | The Full Screen mode will be initially toggled ON. | Atlantis.exe -fs |
| DontLoadSettings | dls | Atlantis will not attempt to retrieve settings either from the registry or an INI file. The default built-in settings will be used. | Atlantis.exe -dls (use this command-line to restore the original settings). |
| LoadSettingsFromIni | lsi | Atlantis will attempt to retrieve settings from Atlantis.ini file (this file must be available in the home directory of Atlantis). | Atlantis.exe -lsi |
| LoadSettingsFromReg | lsr | Atlantis will retrieve settings from the Registry (the Atlantis.ini file is ignored even if you launch Atlantis from a memory flash drive). | Atlantis.exe -lsr |
| DontSaveSettings | dss | Atlantis does not save settings on close. | Atlantis.exe -dss |
| SaveSettingsToIni | ssi | Atlantis saves settings to the Atlantis.ini file in the home directory on close. | Atlantis.exe -ssi |
| SaveSettingsToReg | ssr | Atlantis saves settings to the Registry. | Atlantis.exe -ssr |
| SettingsFileName | sfn | Instructs Atlantis to use a specified INI file (the name of this INI file should immediately follow this switch). Should be used in combination with the lsi switch. | Atlantis.exe /lsi /ssi /sfn "My Settings.ini" (Atlantis will both read and write settings from/to the My Settings.ini) |
Note. Do not forget that all filenames in the command-line that contain spaces, should be enclosed within the double quotes.
For example, if you wish to instruct Atlantis to open document My Document.rtf, you should use the following command-line:
Atlantis.exe "My Document.rtf"