Cannot find .exe files

[DMitch]

I'm trying to use the Run function to open two different applications in my script and get the following error:

Error: Unable to exectue the external program

The system cannot find the file specified

I've double checked the link and its good, and neither of the files are hidden/system or anything like that in the properties. I can run other .exe files in the same folder, so I don't think its any type of folder option that is causing the error. I can work around the issue by using the MouseClick function and double-clicking the icon, but I want to be able to use @SW_MAXIMIZE to open the programs in the full window. Is there something that the developer of a .exe file can do to make AutoIt not see it? If so, is there a way around it using the Run function?

Here's the code I used:

Run ("DBMngr.exe", "C:\Winsei\sei", @SW_MAXIMIZE)

DMitch

[whim]

Try: Run("C:\Winsei\sei\DBMngr.exe","C:\Winsei\sei",@SW_MAXIMIZE)

[DMitch]

Try: Run("C:\Winsei\sei\DBMngr.exe","C:\Winsei\sei",@SW_MAXIMIZE)

Thanks, that was it! Any idea why sometimes you have to give the full path with the filename, even when you provide the path right after, and sometimes you don't?

[whim]

The path to executable is not necessarily the same as the working

directory. Also, the example in the helpfile - with notepad -

tends to put people on the wrong foot, because it is in a directory

in the %path%, so it does not need the full path.

[DMitch]

The path to executable is not necessarily the same as the working

directory. Also, the example in the helpfile - with notepad -

tends to put people on the wrong foot, because it is in a directory

in the %path%, so it does not need the full path.

Got it. Thanks again for the quick help.