Joe:

There are 3 static overloads of the Start method in the Process class. Try
those.

Thanks,
Mujtaba.

Joe:

Try this class:

Imports System.Diagnostics
Imports System.IO

Public Class ShellDocument

   Private Declare Function FindExecutable Lib "shell32.dll" Alias
"FindExecutableA" _
       (ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal lpResult
As System.Text.StringBuilder) As Integer

   Public Shared Function Start(ByVal fileName As String) As Process
       Dim sExeName As String = ""
       Dim sTempFile As String = Path.GetTempPath() +
Guid.NewGuid.ToString("B") + ".htm"
       Dim oFile As New FileStream(sTempFile, IO.FileMode.Create,
IO.FileAccess.Write, IO.FileShare.Write)
       Try
           Dim oStr As New System.Text.StringBuilder
           oStr.Append(Chr(32), 254)
           Dim iResult As Integer = FindExecutable(sTempFile, "", oStr)
           sExeName = oStr.ToString()
       Finally
           oFile.Close()
           IO.File.Delete(sTempFile)
       End Try

       Dim info As New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(sExeName)
       info.Arguments = fileName

       Return System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(info)
   End Function
End Class

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