Open and select a file in windows explorer

Many applications can open an windows explorer window an select a file. This is done by running explorer.exe with some command line switches.

There is a KB with the documented windows explorer switches:

The KB says that the supported versions include old OSes like Windows 95 but I think that 'select' switch for example works only for Windows XP and above.

Here is another KB for XP Windows Explorer.

A solution for older Windows OSes is to use Shell API i think.
I have not tried this but one solution would be to:
call CreateProcess( "explorer.exe" )
enumarate from ROT the windows explorer instances
connect to a instance and use the Shell API to navigate to the file.