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Shellexecute Opens HTML first time but fails to reload when called again

I am trying to refresh a webpage from within a VB program. The first call opens the page successfully, however when Shellexecute is called again, the page is not refreshed (it contains the same page from the first call)

How do I force a reload (like when i click the refresh toolbar button in the explorer browser)


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Just put 3 buttons on a form and try the following code:

Dim objIE As Object

Private Sub Command1_Click()
    Set objIE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
    objIE.Visible = True
    objIE.Navigate2 ("https://www.experts-exchange.com")
End Sub

Private Sub Command2_Click()
    objIE.Refresh
End Sub

Private Sub Command3_Click()
    objIE.Quit
End Sub

"SHDocVw.InternetExplorer" is an Interface, not Class, so that paulgrunner's code would work well in a computer with VB6 installed, but might not work properly in a computer without VB6. But Internet.Application is a Class.