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#Internet Explorer may not work well with multiple files | |
#Edge does its own thing | |
Function Out-Browser { | |
[cmdletbinding()] | |
Param( | |
[Parameter(Position = 0, Mandatory,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName)] | |
[Alias("Path")] | |
[string]$Fullname | |
) | |
Begin { | |
Write-Verbose "[BEGIN ] Starting: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" | |
Function GetBrowserCmd { | |
$reg = Get-item -path HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\http\UserChoice | |
$ProgId = $reg.GetValue("ProgID") | |
if ($progid -match "^Appx\w+") { | |
Write-Warning "Looks like you are running Microsoft Edge" | |
Return "" | |
} | |
else { | |
(get-itemproperty -path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes\$ProgID\shell\open\command" -name "(default)").'(default)' | |
} | |
} | |
} #begin | |
Process { | |
$filename = (Convert-Path -path $Fullname).Replace('\','/') | |
$uri = "file:///$filename" | |
Write-Verbose "[PROCESS] Opening $uri" | |
$open = GetBrowserCmd | |
if ($open) { | |
$cmd = $open -replace "%1",$uri | |
Write-Verbose "[PROCESS] $cmd" | |
[regex]$rx = '^.*\.exe"' | |
$app = $rx.match($cmd).value | |
$arg = $rx.split($cmd) | where {$_} | |
start-process -FilePath $app -ArgumentList $arg | |
} | |
else { | |
Write-Verbose "[PROCESS] Opening with Microsoft Edge" | |
start microsoft-edge:$uri | |
} | |
} | |
End { | |
Write-Verbose "[END ] Ending: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" | |
} #end | |
} | |
Set-Alias -name ob -value Out-Browser |
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