How do you register a name for a program in the windows run dialog?
For instance typing in “notepad” and pressing enter runs notpad.exe
“photoshop” in my case runs Photoshop CS3
I’m using vb2005.net
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This works because those applications have added the directory containing their executable to Window’s PATH variable. This variable is used to resolve the locations of any files entered into the run dialog (among other things).
Please see How to set the path in Windows 2000 / Windows XP.