I want to search and open a software stored in my pc.

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I want to search for a software, example:Microsoft Word, and open it by using a windows forms application in C++ CLR.

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Process::Start("%STARTMENU%//notepad.exe");

Posted 4-Mar-18 23:24pm

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Updated 5-Mar-18 0:03am

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2018-03-05T00:03:00

That's harder than you might think: executing the app is simple - as you've seen it's just a case of providing Process::Start with a path to the Exe file.

The problem is searching - not all app EXE's have the same name as the executable. For example, "Microsoft Word" is in the file "WinWord.exe", and "Visual Studio" is "devenv.exe". And quite a lot of "built in" apps are in the hidden folder "Windows Apps" under "Program files", which also requires Admin access permissions to read, so you app would need elevation to search in there at all.

So depending on what you want to allow the user to search for it might be simpler to just have a list of "known apps" that he can access - depends on what exactly you are trying to do.