Getting the shell to run an application for you - Part 2: How

The key to getting Explorer to do your dirty work lies in the IShellDispatch2 interface.  Particular, the ShellExecute method.  IShellDispatch2 is one of the shell automation objects used to support scripting languages.  However, that doesn’t mean you have to use VBScript to gain some value from it.  In this case, IShellDispatch2::ShellExecute is exactly what we [...] Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks

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