title: How to programmatically launch mobility center (MBLCTR.EXE)
body: <p>Short version:  I can launch Windows Mobility Center (MBLCTR.EXE) from a command prompt, but cannot get it to launch via SHELL from VBA.</p>
  
  <p>On a Win 7/64-bit laptop, from a command prompt in pretty much any directory on the system, I can enter MBLCTR or MBLCTR.EXE and the mobility center launches.  Handy thing, so I'm trying to build it into one of my add-ins. For just about any other app, I can do:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Shell "someapp.exe", vbNormalFocus
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But </p>
  
  <pre><code>Shell "MBLCTR.EXE", vbNormalFocus
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>gives me a File Not Found error message.  Same thing if I leave off the .EXE, same thing if I supply the full path to the file (which works if I do it from a command prompt).</p>
  
  <p>Same thing is true on my desktop if I've made the necessary reg change to allow MBLCTR to run; it's normally disabled.</p>