For starters, you need the os and webbrowser modules
import os
import webbrowser
webbrowser.open("http://mail.google.com/mail";)
# need to know the shell keyword for starting the app
os.system('start ' + 'Winword')
# the equivalent of double-clicking on the doc or file
os.startfile("c:/MyFiles/MyTextFile.txt")
If you actually want to log onto password-protected sites it gets
gnarly fast (beyond me). You can read about by perusing the urllib2
module or search this list at groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python
Hope this helps.
rick
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