Will the ShellExecute route work on a 64 bit machine? All the examples I can find declare it in shell32.....

>Did you try ShellExecute API or script? ie:
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>loShell		= CREATEOBJECT('Shell.Application')
>loShell.ShellExecute('c:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Lotus\Notes\notes.exe')
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>>As we start to deploy Win7 laptops, users are getting an error message on the following lines of code (depending on which directory the notes.exe is in):
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CASE FILE('c:\Program Files\IBM\Lotus\Notes\notes.exe')
>>RUN /N 'c:\Program Files\IBM\Lotus\Notes\notes.exe'
>>CASE FILE('c:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Lotus\Notes\notes.exe')
>>RUN /N 'c:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Lotus\Notes\notes.exe'

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>>The intent is to launch Lotus Notes. It has worked fine up until now with XP. The error message is
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RUN|! command failed. The system cannot find the file specified.

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>>I have done some reading and it looks like it is a problem with trying to issue a RUN command for something in the Program Files folder in Win7.
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>>Advice appreaciated. All we want to do is detect if Notes is running and if not, launch it.
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>>TIA