Daniel,

Can't answer your question directly, but you could solve your problem use Ed Rauh's API_APPRUN utility in the files section... its far superior to the run command.

Mace

>Hi Everyone,
> Normaly when I execute a command useing run or ! I can select the 'close on exit' checkbox so that the window automatically closes after execution.
>
> I can't find this checkbox in Windows 2000. How do I mimic the behavior, ie. shut down the window after the command executes?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Daniel