Hi Sergio,

I guess I should explain from the beginning that file name with spaces has to be included in quotes.
You're correct that it works similar to double-click on a file.

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>Hi Sergey,
>I don't understand why he needs these extra pair of quotes ?
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>lcFileName = "C:\test.xls"
>oShell = CREATEOBJECT('WScript.Shell')
>oShell.Run(lcFileName)
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>Will work just fine. It could be that OP created problem at first place by
>doing typo like
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>MYFILE = "C:\MY FILE\TEST.XLS"
>lcFileName = [MFILE]  &&MFILE<>MYFILE
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>BTW Thank you very much for this answers because it answered for me
>few long unanswered questions; How to open TIF file with MSOV and also how to open XPS file with XPS viewer.
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>Well this WScript.Shell call answers them both :)
>And was so simple.
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>lcFileName = 'C:\test.tif' && or = 'C:\test.xps'
>oShell = CREATEOBJECT('WScript.Shell')
>oShell.Run(lcFileName)
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>Works for both :)
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>I am guessing that running this shell call is the same as doing dbl-click
>on any file which consecutively opens file with app associated with file extension.
>Or I am wrong ?
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