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What is the Windows 8 version of the "rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL {path}" command?

I am trying to get the open with dialog in Java, which works in Windows 7, but does nothing on Windows 8

...
ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("rundll32",  "shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL",   
    file.getAbsolutePath() );
pb.start();
...

My Googling for the command, or information that could help me put it together myself has so far been fruitless...

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  • What is the intention behind doing that? Wouldn't `Desktop.open()` be the better choice? –  Apr 16 '14 at 20:14
  • Did not know about that class, thank you! But I still needed the OpenWith dialog as well, and after searching the registry for the action on unknown file types, I found the functionality is now in the form of a standalone executable: C:\Windows\System32\OpenWith.exe – Enter Display Name Here Apr 17 '14 at 03:04
  • Could you elaborate a bit more on its usage? – beppe9000 Jan 31 '16 at 20:32

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