Re: [Dev-C++] How do you find a file's path?

[Luc Saint-E. <lu...@re...>]

At 15:56 21/01/2003 +0100, Philippe de Rochambeau wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have developed a basic application using C++-Dev that creates a process 
>that runs IExplorer. Unfortunately, CreateProcess will not launch 
>IExplorer unless I specify the latter's complete path (e.g., C:\program 
>files\Explorer\ieexplore.exe) as second parameter value: CreateProcess( 
>NULL, "C:\\Program Files\\Explorer\\Iexplore.exe", ...). I would like to 
>search for IExplorer on the user's PC before creating the process. What is 
>the easiest way to do that on Windows?
>
>Many thanks.
>
>Philippe de Rochambeau

I don't have the answer but to launch an URL I use (in C++Builder but its 
Windows stuff so it may work in Dev-CPP) :
  ShellExecute(Handle, "open", MyURLToLaunch, NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

Luc