ShellExecute returns No Association

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There is a piece of code in my application which launches an .exe file by calling the shellexecute function. This works fine in windows95 and windows2000. I assume it should work in winxpe. However when this piece of code runs on xpe, it returns a value of 31 which means "No Association." I guess that means it doesn't know what to do with an exe file. Is there a component I have to install to make it understand that it needs to run the exe? Thanks in advance

-saaby
 
First you should run your application to see if it run on Windows XP Pro.
Then if it works their you are just missing a component. Their is shell
component that you should need to add to your build.

Good Luck
Bruce

Saaby said:
Ok,

There is a piece of code in my application which launches an .exe file by
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calling the shellexecute function. This works fine in windows95 and
windows2000. I assume it should work in winxpe. However when this piece of
code runs on xpe, it returns a value of 31 which means "No Association." I
guess that means it doesn't know what to do with an exe file. Is there a
component I have to install to make it understand that it needs to run the
exe? Thanks in advance,
 
Saaby,

Don't know what problems you have with ShelExecute but you can easy check
..exe associations in your image by running regedit (HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe).

Also, use CreateProcess API instead of ShellExecute to not have any problems
with launching processes.

KM
Ok,

There is a piece of code in my application which launches an .exe file by
Click to expand...
calling the shellexecute function. This works fine in windows95 and
windows2000. I assume it should work in winxpe. However when this piece of
code runs on xpe, it returns a value of 31 which means "No Association." I
guess that means it doesn't know what to do with an exe file. Is there a
component I have to install to make it understand that it needs to run the
exe? Thanks in advance,
 
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