golang: run default application for a pdf file on windows

Question

I\'d like to open a PDF file in the filesystem from go with the default application. How can I do that? From the command line I just write the filename of the pdf file and the a

Answer 1

You must launch cmd /C start foo.pdf. This will let the start command find the correct executable for you.

cmd := exec.Command("cmd", "/C start path_to_foo.pdf")