Problem with ShellExecute and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths

[Duane Clark]

Dan Kegel wrote:
> ...
> I also noticed that ShellExecute will sometimes try to
> run the executable  "C:\\Program" (the first word of "C:\\Program Files\\whatever...").
> I fixed that for the case I touched, I think, but didn't do a general fix.


MSDN for CreateProcess claims that if the supplied string is not quoted, 
then that is the correct behavior.