Try

Dim IE As Object
Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
MsgBox IE.FullName
IE.Quit
Set IE = Nothing


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com



"JWM6" wrote
in message
...

The VBA shell command is as follows:

programPath = "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
'
works
'programPath = "iexplore.exe" ' does not work
Shell programPath + " " + fileToLaunch, vbNormalFocus

but the drawback is that the invoked program (iexplore.exe, at
least in
my case) needs to have the FULL PATH to where the program
exists = the
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer" which may or may not work
on
someone elses computer. This hardcoding will not work and is
not
transportable.

Is there a trick to find where the executing program lives? or
launching it without the path?

Thanks,


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