application installed on windows

[Silvio.Falconi]

I need to Know wish apps are installed on a computer to open files

sample :

if I show a file Gif and I have on pc infarview installed I can call this application to open the file
or I can call Paint.exe
or Iexplorer.exe
or windows Media center
or Microsoft Office Picture Manager

I can call the application installed on windows that is relative of the file gif

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Silvio,

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SHELLEXECUTE( 0, 0, "myfile.gif", 0, 0, 1 )

EMG

[Silvio.Falconi]

YEs of Course...
Bu tI wish create a menu popup with the possibility to final user to open the application he wants
I saw this on a Italian app and it make a menu with many app

[Silvio.Falconi]

exist a function on C language give me all the applications ( installed on pc) relative for determinate extension ?