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Thanks,
this is what I thought, but what is bothering me is, that on one of my PC's
(with Win2k) the ".pdf" key is empty,

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.pdf]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.pdf\PersistentHandler]
@="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"

and the "AcroExch.Document" key is called "AcroExch.Dokument" (german
version) and has no "shell/open" key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AcroExch.Dokument]
@="Adobe Acrobat-Dokument"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AcroExch.Dokument\CLSID]
@="{B801CA65-A1FC-11D0-85AD-444553540000}"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AcroExch.Dokument\Insertable]
@=""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AcroExch.Dokument\protocol]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AcroExch.Dokument\protocol\StdFileEditi
ng]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AcroExch.Dokument\protocol\StdFileEditi
ng\server]
@="C:\\PROGRA~1\\Adobe\\ACROBA~1.0\\Reader\\AcroRd32.exe"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AcroExch.Dokument\protocol\StdFileEditi
ng\verb]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AcroExch.Dokument\protocol\StdFileEditi
ng\verb\0]
@="&Edit"

but nevertheless I can sucessfully open pdf-files with a double click.  So
there must be something more than this 2-step procedure that you described
...
Any idea ?

Thanks in advance !
Matthias






"Sam Mildener" <nospam@hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:q_rta.2262$jn.288098376@hebe.telenet-ops.be...
> Matthias Knoke wrote:
> > Hi,
> > what is the best way to identify registered applications on a PC ?
> >
> > I like to start Acrobat Reader and MS Word from my program, so I need
> > to know whether it is installaed, and , if yes, where the application
> > is located.
> >
> > In the registry I found in  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes keys
> > for all registered file types (like ".doc", ".pdf" etc.) but these
> > links don't contain the path name of the application, and it seems,
> > the format of this entries differs between the windows
> > versions.
> > What is the easiest way to solve this  ?
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes DOES INDEED point to the application
> path,
> in two steps:
>
> The default value for .pdf for instance is "AcroExch.Document".
>
> Then look up the default value for
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AcroExch.Document\shell\open\command
>
> This is the path to Acrobat Reader.
>
> --
>
> Sam Mildener
>
>