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Better Shell Function
I need to be able to shell and application, file shortcut etc. from my application. The RUN command on the START menu can do this, so I figure there must be a suitable API call. I have found lots of them, but they all do slightly different things. I need to be able to shell a file as if I had just double clicked on it. Can someone show me some code to do this???
Check out http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/code/shell/shellexecute.htm
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This is a good answer, but there are a couple of problems. I had actually already written code to do this. Anyway, this code cannot shell .lnk files (shortcuts). The other problem is that I need to be able to open a file using it's default action. E.g., if I make the filename a .wav file, I will want the function to Play it, not Open it, but I don't want my program to have to work out which action to perform. Maybe there is a constant to do this. I basically want something that will behave in the same way as the Run command on the Start menu.
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Sorry, but I actually got your previous answer to work. I had to play around with a few things. Anyway, sorry that I rejected your answer. Also, I have an identical question posted (something went wrong when I submited it) so if you answer that as well, you can have both lots of points. The question number is Q.10093842