Edgar, have you tried this:

cProgram = ALLTRIM(notcr.Program)
RUN /N &cProgram

>A table contains list of programs to execute under certain conditions.
>After determining the appropriate program to run, I do so via a macro ...
>

>...
>   cProgramSwitch= ALLTRIM(notcr.Program)
>...
>   cRunScript= "Run /n "+ cProgramSwitch
>   &cRunScript && CRASHES WITH NEW VFP- C:\AEEFNEW\AEEF2AHIN.EXE
>

>This works for EXE or BAT ,,, until now.
>I've created an VFP EXE that when called, causes the caller program to crash with message RUN|! COMMAND FAILED.
>
>?What causes the failure - There are no extra spaces and I've renamed the EXE to 8.3 format without success...