Get the Microsoft Word path

Jan 10, 2010 at 2:28pm
Hello all
I'm new to the C++ win 32 , and I have some problem which is, I want to get the path of the Microsoft Word.exe program on my machine, e.g C:\program files\Microsoft office\word.exe
and I dont know how can I do that please if any body knows please send me or tell me about some URL may help me in solving this issue
Regards
Mostafa
Jan 10, 2010 at 3:13pm
Try looking up registry entries. That's how my mod programs find starcraft. (Sorry, I'm not too good with WinAPI so I don't know how to actually do it.)
Jan 12, 2010 at 7:42am
Never read registry
Use Shell apis (FE() here)
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