From: Florian Gross <flgr@...>
Date: 2004-11-12T05:53:27+09:00
Subject: Re: How to "open" a file in its default application - Windows XP

itsme213 wrote:

>>>How do I open a file in its default windows application on XP?
>>system("#{filename}") should do it, IIRC
> That would make sense, but it does nothing. Return value is false.

Try using system("start", filename) instead.