> I've been trying for a little while to get ShellExecute to work. I
> think I've got close, but I have yet to succesfully compile my program
> because of it. A little background, I'm using vc++ 6.0. If I use the
> includes shellapi.h the compiler returns errors about that include and
> doesn't compile.

> All I want to do is have my program open up Internet Explorer. Here's
> what I have so far as a test program to open notepad:

> #include <shellapi.h>

> void main()
> (
>      HINSTANCE h = ShellExecute( NULL, "open", "Notepad.exe", NULL,
> NULL, SW_MAXIMIZE );
> }

> This won't compile because of problems with the shellapi.h
> I've tried compiling from 2 different servers also to confirm the file
> is ok

> compiling...
> test.cpp
> e:\microsoft visual studio\vc98\include\shellapi.h(64) : error C2146:
> syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'VOID'
> e:\microsoft visual studio\vc98\include\shellapi.h(64) : error C2501:
> 'DECLSPEC_IMPORT' : missing storage-class or type specifiers
> e:\microsoft visual studio\vc98\include\shellapi.h(64) : fatal error
> C1004: unexpected end of file found
> Error executing cl.exe.

> test.obj - 3 error(s), 0 warning(s)

> Any ideas?

> Can anyone include any working test codes I can try? Thanks!

> Paul G.