using windows defaults for executing/examining files

[Micah]

Is there an os module call to request that Windows handle a specific file
using the default handler?  For example, if I pass it a .txt file it opens
notepad but if I pass a .wav file it opens Windows Media Player.

Any ideas?

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Micah Z. Wedemeyer
Research Scientist I, ELSYS
Georgia Tech Research Institute
Atlanta, GA 30332
678.428.1283
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