>Well, WinExec() is provided for backward compatibility, so I'd recommend trying to work some more with CreateProcess(). One of the major differences is that in Win 95 and Win NT (32 bit) is that all apps run in their own address space, and for this reason alone, I think you'll stand a better chance of getting this to work with CreateProcess().

CreateProcess does the same thing. In this case, GetLastError() returns 32. MSDN help says that "the process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process".

I really do appreciate you input! Thanks again!