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

Yep - it searches HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT for the extension.