>>>What is the best way (whatever that really means) to run an EXE from another EXE?
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>>DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute IN shell32;
>>    INTEGER hwnd,;
>>    STRING  lpOperation,;
>>    STRING  lpFile,;
>>    STRING  lpParameters,;
>>    STRING  lpDirectory,;
>>    INTEGER nShowCmd
>>
>>lcEXEName = 'yourexe.exe'
>>ShellExecute(0, 'Open', lcEXEName, '', '', 0)
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>Cool. For extra credit, how can I force the same EXE to close? Looked up ShellExectute function but couldn't find that it did that.

Maybe thread#890217 can give you some tips?