tim roberts eqemprobocom rickey kyle w wrote tim thanks patience think im still miscommunicating need lets throw whole shortcut idea window start scratch code generates file want open directory known containing file select since open directory osstartfile still need get hwnd explorer window get listctrl etc simpler way select file youre luck simple solution problem stated explorer selectcwindowsnotepadexe future reference heres knowledge base article describes commandline parameters explorer httpsupportmicrosoftcomkb130510 tim roberts eqemprobocom providenza boekelheide inc _______________________________________________ pythonwin32 mailing list kpitckaew45pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythonwin32 wed 06 aug 2008 235204 0700 pythonwin32 find target