Avanti virtual Alpha systems can be launched manually from a command window or batch file.  The configuration file needs to be declared in the command line using the /CONFIGURATION_FILE= parameter.  The following command line would launch the Alpha01 configuration file.

"C:\Program Files\MSI Digital Emulator Collection\dec.exe"
 /CONFIGURATION_FILE="C:\Alpha\Alpha01.cfg"

Note:The above command would appear on a single line.

Note the use of quotes in the command and parameter strings to ensure the file names are correctly passed to the emulator.  This is particularly important when passing file names containing blanks.