I just ran this and it was fine:

Shell "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" & "
c:\LitchfieldTour.pdf", 1

Make sure the PDF file actually exists where specified.

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| Hi there.
|
| I've got a "Menu" worksheet that has a listbox on it. The listbox contains
a
| list of the files in a networked folder elsewhere and is populated using
| application.FileSearch.
| These are all Word documents and the user can open them my double clicking
| in the item in the listbox.
|
| I use
| Set wdApp = CreateObject("Word.Application") etc to open Word and then
open
| the file. This works well for all users who use a mix of XP and Windows
2000.
|
| The problem is that the Word documents in the aforementioned folder are
| likely to be converted to pdf's. I've tested the listbox by populating it
| from a folder with pdf files and using Tom Ogilvy's code to open it.
|
| Sub Tester2a()
| Shell "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" & _
| " c:\toc1\amcr37-4.pdf", 1
| End Sub
|
|
| This works for the windows 2000 users with Adobe Reader 7, but not for XP
| users with Adobe Reader 8.
| Adobe Reader 8 opens but displays a message box "File Not Found".
|
| Is there any way to allow for different versions and paths of Adobe
Reader,
| perhaps using CreateObject as with Word?
|
| Many thanks in advance.
| L
|