Difference Shell / process start?

You can start an application two ways you can shell the application or you can process start.

Dim shell
shell = CreateObject("wscript.shell")
shell.run("%SystemDrive%\application.exe")

or

Process1.StartInfo.FileName = ("%SystemDrive%\application.exe")

What is the difference between these two approaches?

I'm not entirely sure, but I think shell is a bit like Command prompt, and process start is a bit more like the "run" feature on windows.

under the hood, they are basically the same.

Process.Start gives you a little more control and is built-in to the .NET framework.
Shell requires the use of external components, and depends on the name of it not changing.

-tg