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Let windows decide how to open / run the file?

I am saving files (images, Excel documents, Word documents, exe files, bat files, etc.). I need to execute a file from within my program, and the question is, is there a way to allow Windows to handle starting / executing the file? For example, when you double click on a file in Explorer?

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Take a look at the Process.Start method :

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(myFileName)

Note. This will work with any registered file extension like



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

will open the image with the registered program.

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



System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(pathToYourFile);
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