Open IE with shellexecute as HIDEN window

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I use sellexecute to open .HTML file with IE, but no matter what nShowCmd code I use it opens in NORMAL mode.
Can someone help?

Thanks
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Public Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias _
"ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, _
ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal _
lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long

res = ShellExecute(0&, vbNullString, "proba.htm", vbNullString, vbNullString, SW_HIDE)