How to get the full file path from a document(.txt, .docx) opened using Process.Start that was edited and saved by the user?

Asked May 19 '16 at 15:45

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I execute the documents by this way:

 Dim proc As New Process
 proc.StartInfo.FileName = sender.Tag
 proc.Start()

For Example: the document opened was a notepad. I wrote on it the phrase "Hello World!" then I saved it on an specific computer location as a .txt document and also I closed the notepad program. I'd like to retrieve the path where the document was saved.

asked May 19 '16 at 15:45

Elian

99% sure that's impossible, as have no control over the Notepad application (or any other than your own one(s)). – Visual Vincent May 19 '16 at 15:53
I agree with you in a 98%, so I still looking for a possible solution. Thanks! – Elian May 19 '16 at 16:00
There's probably a native function to get the WorkingDirectory of a specified process. But I'm not positive about this. – RoyalPotato May 19 '16 at 18:53
http://stackoverflow.com/a/2967713/5981756 _might_ do it, but that would involve a fair bit of work. – RoyalPotato May 19 '16 at 18:55

How to get the full file path from a document(.txt, .docx) opened using Process.Start that was edited and saved by the user?

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