tim golden cggctimgoldenmeuk king simonnfhd78 wrote developing application amongst things exports files launches associated applications using osstartfile also uses webbrowseropen see uses osstartfile everything works pc pcs office tested however released first version users reported unhandled exceptions seem coming osstartfile remembered something mildly obscure caused us past application opening excel google earth etc throws sort modal dialog box early process shellexecute throw back error canonical example app forces sort firsttime wizard typically registration im fairly sure saw acrobat reader sort want updates thing well case helps tjg _______________________________________________ pythonwin32 mailing list kpitckaew45pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythonwin32 thu 07 aug 2008 230209 0100 pythonwin32 osstartfile mysteriously failing