# Opeb pdf file

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/opeb-pdf-file/27005
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** question
**Created:** [July 30, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/opeb-pdf-file/27005 "2019-07-30T23:47:21Z")
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### Author: ![Kelvyn88](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kelvyn88/32/8493_2.png) [@Kelvyn88](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Kelvyn88)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/opeb-pdf-file/27005/1 "2019-07-30T23:47:21Z")

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Hi, I want to open a pdf file with the default application on windows 10.

The shell command is: START “” “filename”

but using “;” before the line didn’t work.

Using in windows’s console works.

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### Author: ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2019, 7:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/opeb-pdf-file/27005/2 "2019-07-31T07:27:37Z")

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Although I don’t have access to windows,

> **[GitHub - tpapp/DefaultApplication.jl: Julia package for opening a file with...](https://github.com/tpapp/DefaultApplication.jl)**
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> Julia package for opening a file with the default application determined by the OS. - GitHub - tpapp/DefaultApplication.jl: Julia package for opening a file with the default application determined ...

should work.

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### Author: ![Kelvyn88](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kelvyn88/32/8493_2.png) [@Kelvyn88](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Kelvyn88)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/opeb-pdf-file/27005/3 "2019-07-31T19:05:08Z")

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It works. Thanks!!!