Sergey
It did work but...there's always a but,huh...I noticed that a "Y" was placed in the command window but enter was not pressed. Which means the yes button was selected but not activated?

>Hi Chuck,
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>The case dosn't make a difference. Now run two following lines from VFP command window. It should open a window with script running. The window should close after 20 seconds or whatever delay you set in the waitforoutlook.vbs.

lcRun = [RUN /N4 cscript "] + FULLPATH("waitforoutlook.vbs") + ["]
>&lcRun

If it works as I described, try to combine it with your call to Outlook.
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>>Sergey
>>I see:

>>Windows Script Host Version 5.6
>>Copyright <c> Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001 All Rights Reserve
>>Usage: CScript scriptname.extension [options] [arguments]
>>Options: (list of switches)
>>

Does it make a difference if I typed lower case cscript?