>>>>Sure thing, BOb. Here 'tis:
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>Code George gave me cut:
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>George...
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>Wanted to say thanks again for this info and code. I have modified our system to launch word using this API and so far we have tested the code and it works in 95/98/NT... we just have to test it on 3.11.
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>I have one question though... I didn't pass any path, just passed winword.exe.... How does ShellExecute know where to find the ap to launch?
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Hi BOb,

I'd assume that it searches the registry. That's were the association are stored. Even 16 bit Windows has registry functions.