Thank you so much for this code snippet!!!!! I have been trying to find out how this for a long time and had not found anything. Now i know how to do it! Thank you! Matthew Blanch.

i try to open test file on c but i can't could any want help me.. Dim RetVal As String RetVal = Shell("C:\test.exe", 1)

Nice! Thanks.

Yes but how about adding conditions? In 1.1 I could write: Dim startexe as New Process startexe.Startinfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden startexe.Start(getrootPath + "myexe.exe") However, 2.0 does not like "startexe.Start(..." How do I do the equivalent?

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Like Matthew Blanch I searched a couple of hours and gave up, when back to search I found your code. Many thanks.

Ronk, I would start by checking the value of getrootPath and make sure that it when combined with the EXE name is a valid path. The Start method of the Process class is valid in 2.0, so your implementation is correct. If you are still having trouble, post your question in the forums with all your code and we will help you get it working.

Thanks, just what I needed to launch programs from my list box of filenames. I did not need to include "Imports System.Diagnostics.Process" in order to get it to work in my VB.Net 2005 project. The only namespace I import is System.IO and it opened any file I selected.