Carlos,
Thanks for your reply.
Your method is OK. But first I want to find out if he has WORD installed by checking the Registry. How do I do that?? Then I want to launch it as a standalone app.

Thanks,

Abdul AHad

>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