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If you only want to run an application you can use the Shell command:<br />
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Call Shell(&quot;c:\windows\notepad.<wbr />exe&quot;, vbNormalFocus)<br />

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If you only want to run an application you can use the Shell command:

Call Shell("c:\windows\notepad.exe", vbNormalFocus)


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use shell <br />
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dim retval<br />
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retval = shell(&quot;C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Iexplore.exe&quot;)<br />
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all the best<br />
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use shell

dim retval

retval = shell("C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Iexplore.exe")

all the best





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I now use:<br />
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Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib &quot;shell32.dll&quot; Alias &quot;ShellExecuteA&quot; (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long<br />
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with -<br />
ShellExecute Me.hwnd, &quot;Open&quot;, Link, 0&amp;, 0&amp;, 5<br />
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to open an internet site or to bring up a file in an application. &nbsp;How can I change this to only open applications in my computer?<br />

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I now use:

Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long

with -
ShellExecute Me.hwnd, "Open", Link, 0&, 0&, 5

to open an internet site or to bring up a file in an application.  How can I change this to only open applications in my computer?


Opening a file or an application

Visual Basic is Microsoft’s event-driven programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) for its Component Object Model (COM) programming model. It is relatively easy to learn and use because of its graphical development features and BASIC heritage. It has been replaced with VB.NET, and is very similar to VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), the programming language for the Microsoft Office product line.