Process.Start

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The command below opens a Word document but to use it I need to know the path
for Winword.EXE

Process.Start(C:\Office2003\OFFICE11\WINWORD.EXE, C:\Data\Print.rtf")

Is there a command that I can use to open it without knowing the path by
using the Information that Windows has for Registered file types??

Alternately, is there a reliable way to get this path by reading it from the
Registry? I prefer not doing a directory search.

 

[Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP]]

You can use directly Process.Start("C:\Data\Print.rtf") and the file will
be open with the app which registered the .rtf type.

If you want to use explictly Word, the best approach is to use automation to
launch it and open the document.

The most fragile approach is to read a registry entry such as
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\InstallRoot to get
the path to winword.exe. Notice that I used 11.0, while a user can have a
lower version.

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[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Process.Start(C:\Office2003\OFFICE11\WINWORD.EXE, C:\Data\Print.rtf")

Is there a command that I can use to open it without knowing the path by
using the Information that Windows has for Registered file types??

At least on my machines, it was always possible to call "winword.exe"
without specifying its path.