BTW, if you want to know what reg keys any program is using, try Registry
Monitor (regmon), free from www.sysinternals.com.
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"Mike Stokan" wrote in message
news:B96D707D43EC234E2F5B5E1D35D72AC9@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Roy:
>
> Try this.
> The value of "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.dwg" is another class key
> "AutoCAD.Drawing.x" where "x" is the version.
> The value of "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AutoCAD.Drawing.x" yields several
> subkeys, one of which is "protocol\StdFileEditing\server"
> The value of the "server" subkey is the full path and executable
> designated to handle a file with the extension ".dwg"
>
> In order to access these registry values from VBA you will have to use
> Windows system calls. There are many wrappers available.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Mike Stokan
>
> >"RoyMeaden" wrote in message
> news:f15affb.0@WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> >Does anybody know how to get the path of the EXE file associated with the
> .DWG extension from the registry using VBA. I have >searched for "from
> registry" in the user groups but can't find anything.
>
>
> >Thanks in advance...
>
>
> >Roy.
>
>
