https://www.berezniker.com/content/pages/visual-foxpro/retrieve-name-exe-associated-file-extension

However, why do you need it? You can simply Run the file as long as you include the full path and the extension. And if you use ShellExec() instead of Run, you won't see the DOS window.

>Hi all,
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>Is there a Windows function that would return the app needed for a file of a certain file extension? e.g. pass into it ".pdf" and it returns the full path the the Acrobat reader which I can then fire up with:
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>RUN /N &lcAcrobatPath &lcDocFileName
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>(where lcDocFileName contains the full path to a file name)
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>I currently have a function that gets the information for Acrobat from a registry entry - but it only does .pdf files What I would prefer is something where I pass it an extension and Windows comes back with the name of the program that is supposed to open this file and/or the full file path. I then would use it to fire up the document they are pointing to.
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>Thanks,
>Albert