I don't know, I never tried it.
Maybe you can make it into COM server and run using sp_OACreate and sp_OAMethod? Just an idea.

>>I don't think you can run application with GUI this way.
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>Even though the program is written in VB - there is no user interaction - the app starts, does its thing, then closes. What would the difference be if I wrote a VFP prg and compiled in to an exe? It still wouldn't run using xp_cmdshell, would it?
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>>>>I think the problem is in the spaces in the dir name. Try

EXEC xp_cmdshell '"C:\Program Files\CU Solutions\Car2\car2.exe"'

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>>>Thanks - I just tried that - the 'query' ran for a minute and then I stopped it - the program did not start. The exe in question is a VB exe.
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>>>When I go Start/Run and then type in "C:\Program Files\CU Solutions\Car2\car2.exe" - the program starts right away. There must be something missing in the SQL query code.
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