rundll32

I'm using rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler my_file.dotx to open files under Windows. It works fine with .docx documents, but when I try it with .dotx documents (template documents), it creates a new .docx based on the template. Just as the normal behavior in the windows explorer : when you double-click on a .dotx template file, it creates a new .docx file based on it. If you want to open the real .dotx file, you have to right-click on it and select "open" instead of "new". Question is: how to do the same with rundll32? Is there an option in the command to force the opening of the

Under Window Seven, the following command displays a dialog box then terminates without any other action, why? The expected effect is launching the associated program Notepad++ or at least Notepad RUNDLL32.EXE SHELL32.DLL,OpenAs_RunDLL D:\doc\toto.txt Firstly, note that OpenAs_RunDLL is an undocumented entry point so the only reason to expect it to work is that it appears in the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT registry as an implementation for the Open With shell verb (in at least some versions of Windows). This only means it can be expected to work when called by the appropriate shell functions. It does

Using the ShellExecute documentation as a reference: I run the following from the command line: C:\>RUNDLL32.EXE SHELL32.DLL,ShellExecute handle,"open","C:\Documents and Settings\admin\Desktop\tmp",NULL,NULL,SW_SHOWNORMAL This results in an exception error. I don't know what this means: HINSTANCE ShellExecute( __in_opt HWND hwnd, __in_opt LPCTSTR lpOperation, __in LPCTSTR lpFile, __in_opt LPCTSTR lpParameters, __in_opt LPCTSTR lpDirectory, __in INT nShowCmd ); But in the description, a handle (HWND), and a pointer to a null-terminated string (LPCTSTR), are mentioned, but it is very confusing.