Hi Mike,

I agree with Tushar's suggestion.
Can you so kind to describe your goal detailed?
If you want to open the xls file in a new excel.exe instance, you may try
to CreateObject and use the created instance to open the excel file.

Best regards,

Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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