ShellExecute() doesn't work

Hi,
I'm trying to open a URL in a browser with ShellExecute, but nothing happens- just nothing.

Code:

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ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "http://www.google.com", NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

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What could be the problem?
Thanks.

MSND -- ShellExecute

I doubt Google's URL would be interpreted as being a file on your computer. Check the return value. It's probably telling you it can't find the file.

What would you use to open an URL in the default browser then? This used to work for me some time ago.

edit: it returns 1.

I tried looking through the return values to find which one was 1, and I got the following table:

Code:

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ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND    = 2
ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND    = 3
ERROR_DDE_FAIL          = 1156
ERROR_NO_ASSOCIATION    = 1155
ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED      = 5
ERROR_DLL_NOT_FOUND      = 1157
ERROR_CANCELLED          = 1223
ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY  = 8
ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION  = 32
ERROR_BAD_FORMAT        = 11
SE_ERR_ACCESSDENIED      = 5
SE_ERR_ASSOCINCOMPLETE  = 27
SE_ERR_DDEBUSY          = 30
SE_ERR_DDEFAIL          = 29
SE_ERR_DDETIMEOUT        = 28
SE_ERR_DLLNOTFOUND      = 32
SE_ERR_FNF              = 2
SE_ERR_NOASSOC          = 31
SE_ERR_OOM              = 8
SE_ERR_PNF              = 3
SE_ERR_SHARE            = 26

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I don't see 1 in there. Doublecheck the return value or find out what a return value of 1 means. A value less than or equal to 32 means an error occurred.

Apparently you're right; it will open a URL in the default browser. If you can't figure out what the problem is, you could try something like this:

Code:

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system("start http://www.google.com");

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Oh, the value was 5, sorry.

ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED = 5

Hmm, why?

Here's a discussion on the subject that may or may not be helpful:

http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showth...hreadid=317498

Thanks, that WAS helpful.

Code:

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ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "rundll32.exe", "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler http://www.google.com",NULL,SW_SHOWNORMAL);

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