Hii...

My VBA code generates a new excel sheet based on a existing excel
template and saves the new excel sheet in a location desired by the
user.

The path where the excel sheet in saved is contained in the variable
"fName"

Now,

i try to open the excel application directly using,

Shell "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE " & FName,
vbMaximizedFocus

As long as the location is c:\xxx.xls or C:\test\xxx.xls (i.e) without
any spaces.. i dont have any problems.

But when the user saves it in his "my documents", the FName would be,

"C:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop\xxx.xls"

now, it considers C:\Documents.xls as seperate path, and.xls as a
seperate path and Settings\user\Desktop\xxx.xls as a seperate path.

how do i resolve this....???