Henry,

>Concern: Can I create shortcuts for each of these executables and place them on the desktop so that when the user clicks one particular shortcut e.g. mcm123, only the mcm123.exe will be invoked from the Rcmsprog123 directory? Is this possible at all?

The easiest way to create desktop shortcuts is with the Windows Scripting Host. George Tasker has written a series of articles about it. Just go to the articles section and search for vfug in the URL search field or go to www.vfug.com and search for the article there.

HTH,
Armin