Abdul,
You have several ways to launch Word. It depends on the use you want do with it. The easest way is to issue a 'run /N winword.exe' but with this you don't have any control over the word application. The other way that gives you absolute control is:

myobj = createobject("winword.application")

now you can use ole automation in order to control word.
Hope this helps.

>Hi,
>How can I find out if MS Word is installed in the user's computer, and if installed, how do I launch it.
>
>Regards and TIA
>
>Abdul Ahad