I want to open ANY file in Visual Basic JUST LIKE it would open in Windows Explorer... and I want that file to just open directly with nothing in the way...

I tried:
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Path = "C:\some_file." 'change this to whatever path and/or file you want
Call Shell("C:\WINNT\Explorer " + Path) 'WINNT because I have Windows 2000
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->This code works except it opens an Open/Save box and I don't want that.

Also this code:
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Call Shell("C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE")
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Works also but only for .exe files...

use ShellExecute

What is the syntax for ShellExecute ??

a simple search with google:

http://www.mentalis.org/apilist/ShellExecute.shtml

that is one the best "vb friendly" web site for Windows API

Right right... thanks a bunch... I'll see if this works...