Let windows decide how to open/run the file?

Question

I am saving files (images, Excel doc, Word doc, exe files, bat files and so on). I need to execute the file from inside my program and the question is if there is a way to let Windows handle how to run/execute the file? Like when you double click on a file in Explorer?

possible duplicate of [ShellExecute equivalent in .NET](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/258416/shellexecute-equivalent-in-net) — Ondrej Tucny, Mar 26 '12 at 09:37

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 26 '12 at 09:36

Take a look at the Process.Start method:

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(myFileName)

Note: this will work with any registered file-extension, for example

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(@"c:\Image.bmp")

will open the image with the registered program.

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 26 '12 at 09:38

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Start new process with the saved file path name as a parameter:

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(pathToYourFile);

answered Mar 26 '12 at 09:38

Karel Frajták

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