Opening new from .dotx or .xlsx templates

[durbs]

I've got a couple of MS Word / Excel templates which I'm trying to link to.

Opening them "normally" by double-clicking the the .dotx filename creates a new document based on the template (as opposed to opening the template itself).

However the command:
LeftMouseUpAction=!Execute["\\folders\blah\blah\PRICING 2016-17.xltx"]
opens the template.

In Windows-speak, I want to right-click the shortcut and 'New' rather than right-click and 'Open'.

Any ideas?

[CyberTheWorm]

I've got a couple of MS Word / Excel templates which I'm trying to link to.

Opening them "normally" by double-clicking the the .dotx filename creates a new document based on the template (as opposed to opening the template itself).

However the command:
LeftMouseUpAction=!Execute["\\folders\blah\blah\PRICING 2016-17.xltx"]
opens the template.

In Windows-speak, I want to right-click the shortcut and 'New' rather than right-click and 'Open'.

Any ideas?

Have you tried

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excel.exe /n "c:\My Folder\book_name.xlsx"

I belevie that will open as a new file or you could use

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excel.exe /r "c:\My Folder\book_name.xlsx"

which will open as read only.

Should be the same for word.

[durbs]

Wicked thanks.

It's not quite doing what a "normal" operation would be doing, but close enough