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From: Peter Mutsaers <plm AT msbx DOT net>
Subject:  launch windows program from shell according to its extension
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 07:45:52 +0000 (UTC)
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Hello,

I have largely replaced usage of windows explorer with a cygwin shell. One thing
is cumbersome however: when I encounter, say, a .doc file in a directory, it
would be nice that I could "launch" this file with the program associated under
windows.

Is this possible, for example via a utility program kind of "launch file.doc"?



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