Worked ok for me opening a Word template on WinXP Pro:
system('C:\Documents and Settings\peter\Desktop\LETTERHEAD.dot.lnk');
> -----Original Message-----
> From: M. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 4:28 PM
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> Subject: executing Desktop shortcut
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>
>
> Is it possible to execute a desktop shortcut on Win2k using AS Perl?
>
> I used to do this on win98 by just adding .lnk to the
> path\file name and
> putting it in a system statement, but that doesn't work on
> 2k. And I tried
> guitest which seems should work, and didn't, but I'm not
> locked into that
> if there's any other thoughts.
>
> Thanks.
>
> ms
>
>
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> -- Mark Twain
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