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Post Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:57 am   Post subject: Determine file-type and application association - Windows XP Reply with quote Back to top  
Hey guys,

I need to find a way to, based on a file's extension, determine what application to open up.


I know all that data is there in Windows somewhere (probably in the Registry somewhere), since I know if I double-click on a XLS file, it magically knows to open MS Excel.


But my program needs to do that - where can I find that data, so that, for example, if I look for the file type DOC, I find: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\WINWORD.EXE" or at least something similar that I can work with?

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Post Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:03 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
http://filext.com/

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Post Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:08 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes (HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT is a copy of this one)

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Post Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:13 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
MSDN is your friend:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/170918
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762153.aspx

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You can use the Windows API ShellExecute() function to start the application associated with a given document extension without knowing the name of the associated application.

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Post Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:23 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
That works... Thanks guys!

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