Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

        Dim MyPicFile As String
        MyPicFile = "c:\myPicture.bmp" && or obtained from somewhere outside the _Click event

        Dim ProcID As Integer
        ' Run MS Paint. Typically there is a system path to C:\WINNT\System32, so you don't really have to specify the full path to MSPAINT.EXE
        ProcID = Shell("mspaint.exe " & MyPicFile, AppWinStyle.NormalFocus)

End Sub