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   Dean Earley to Dean Earley   
   Re: Finding a path to a program   
   21 Dec 06 10:18:01   
   
   From: dean.earley@icode.co.uk   
      
   Dean Earley wrote:   
   > Ivan Bernage wrote:   
   >> In a VB6-program I would like to find the path to the program   
   >> associated to a given extension.  E.g. given the extension *.doc I   
   >> would like to find the path to winword.exe (on a single computer, not   
   >> in a network).   
   >> The necessary information can be found in the registry.  But how to   
   >> extract it easily?  Is there some utility available or do I have to   
   >> program the whole process?   
   >   
   > Do you actually need the executable path or just want to open the   
   > executable?   
      
   Sorry, open the Document, not Executable.   
      
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