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# Shell Execute

Executes a Shell Command.

Action available for the following operating systems:

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### Parameters

* **File** *\<string> -* The file that the user wants to execute in the windows shell.
* **Parameters** *\<string> -* The input parameters to the executed file in windows shell.
* **Action** *\<unquoted string> -* The action that the user wants to execute in the windows shell. The possible options are:
  * Open
  * Edit
  * Find
  * Print
  * OpenEB
* **Working Directory** *\<string> -* The working directory that the user wants to use.
* **Preferred Bar Color** *\<string> -* For the **OpenEB** action, this is the preferred color for the upper bar.\
  See notes for more details on **OpenEB**.
* **Preferred Buttons Color** \<string> - For the **OpenEB** action, this is the preferred color for the upper bar buttons color. This parameter is only usied in iOS. See notes bellow for more details on **OpenEB**.

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In Android **Parameters** specifyes the mime type. If empty it will try to determine automatically.
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In Win10 client, only the **File** parameter is used. It specifies a File or Url to launch.
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**OpenEB** action can be used for URLs to open in an Embedded Browser Window.\
It is available for Android and iOS, for other O.S. it will execute the **Open** action.
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