>Is there a way to programmatically use SHELLEXEC to open the .PPT with the viewer if the viewer is not the default program for that extension? i.e. - "Open with..."
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>Thanks
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>>Yes, you can associate .PPT files with PPTView.EXE, the viwer. (Not sure about the exact EXE name there).
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>>For presentations this year, I have the .PPT extension mapped to IE4. Better than the PPT system, IMO, because the screen can be resized and it doesn't take control of your syste like PPT does.

You could use "run" command. ! myopenwithexe filename.ext
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