>>Any ideas? There may be no way, I realize, as XP is really getting away from DOS, but it's still perfect for certain little tasks.
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>>PS: We have WSH entirely disabled for security, so that's mainly why I'm using BATs.
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>Bruce,
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>Have you looked at Ed Rauh's API_APPRUN stuff? IIRC, he shows how to do what you want with batch files.

No I haven't, George, but I will. Thanks!

(and interesting that Ed did it, I was thinking when I first asked this Q that Ed would have been the "go-to" guy for this sort of thing.)