(Windows Processes) [@ifnottex]: Mention w32-shell-execute.

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+2006-12-01  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+        * msdog.texi (Windows Processes) [@ifnottex]: Mention
+        w32-shell-execute.
+
 2006-11-26  Nick Roberts  <nickrob@snap.net.nz>
 
         * building.texi (Watch Expressions): Mention SPC for expanding/
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 any quote characters that appear; otherwise chose a suitable escape
 character based on the type of the program.
 
+@ifnottex
+@findex w32-shell-execute
+  The function @code{w32-shell-execute} can be useful for writing
+customized commands that run MS-Windows applications registered to
+handle a certain standard Windows operation for a specific type of
+document or file.  This function is a wrapper around the Windows
+@code{ShellExecute} API.  See the MS-Windows API documentation for
+more details.
+@end ifnottex
+
 @node Windows Printing
 @section Printing and MS-Windows