LOCAL oWSH AS WScript.Shell DECLARE INTEGER Sleep IN WIN32API INTEGER oWSH = CreateObject([WScript.Shell]) oWSH.Run([c:\totalcmd\totalcmd.EXE]) && Run Total Commander Sleep(1000) && Wait until application runned oWSH.AppActivate("Totalcmd") && Activate Window of Total Commander oWSH.SendKeys([^\],100) && Send Ctrl+\ just to make sure you are in rootAbout Mouse don't know (yet :o)