Thanks Tom, I'll give this a try today.

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
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. . .
shell "C:\st.exe"
for each bk in workbooks
if bk.Name < thisworkbook.Name then
bk.close Savechanges:=False
end if
Next

Thisworkbook.Close Savechanges:=False
End Sub

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"Striker" wrote:

How can I open another program from inside excel? Say I have an
executable
in the root of C called st.exe.
C:\ST.Exe. If this is called I want to close excel WITHOUT saving the
changes.

Thanks for your help.