Alan,

Using code like this you won't even see the window show up on the taskbar

loShell = createobject( "wscript.shell" )
loShell.Run( "TheOtherProcess.exe", 0, .t. )

>>Don't hold me to this because I don't have any references handy but seem to remember RUN having an optional /7 parameter that will prevent the DOS window from even flickering.
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>Works a treat! I can see the command window briefly in the taskbar, but I can live with that.