Need help in running files

[Kiro]

Hi, got a file that needs to be run e.g an execute file abc.exe
so in oder to run the file I use a shell command
Retval= Shell ("c:\abc.exe",1) 'Run abc.exe

What happens when the file is placed in another folder in c:\ but all we know is it's file name only.

Is there another way to find the file and run it.

[HeSaidJoe]

Option Explicit
'Use Shelldef to open a file with the associated app

'
Private Declare Function ShellEx Lib "shell32.dll" Alias _
"ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, _
ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As Any, _
ByVal lpDirectory As Any, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long
'
Sub ShellDef(strFileName)
Dim x
x = ShellEx(Form1.hwnd, "open", strFileName, "", "", 1)
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()
'
Dim strYourFileVariable$
strYourFileVariable = "excel.exe"
ShellDef strYourFileVariable
End Sub