programs - open with

When you open a program using the [open with>choose program] from the right click menu, the open with dialog appears, with a list of programs installed. Can i use this program list in my program.

I have a form which has 8 cmd buttons, each button loads a program from the path saved in the reg when i click it. The path of the program can be change on another form along with the caption of the button.

At the moment i use the browse dialog to find the program i want, but i would like to make it easier by using the open with dialog or make my own dialog.

How can i get this list of installed programs. Is it in the registry or something.

You can use:

Code:

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rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL [drive:\path\filename]

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or just

Code:

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rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL

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