How come this command line does not work??

shell "c:\command.com /c c:\mcafee\sdat4295.exe /silent"

TIA

>shell "c:\command.com /c c:\mcafee\sdat4295.exe /silent"

What does "shell" mean?
command.com is not located in c:\ but in %Systemdrive%\system32.
Because this path is included in %Path% you can delete "C:\"

Ciao, Walter

Assuming you mean the Shell method from VB6, the problem
is probably due to the fact that command.com is not
resident in the root directory. Even if it were it's just
not a good idea to code it that way. Use the %COMSPEC%
environment variable instead to reference the command
processor.

shell "%comspec% /c c:\mcafee\sdat4295.exe /silent"

Then it will work on any system, even those that have
Cmd.exe as a command processor, residing in the
WINNT\System32 folder.

Tom Lavedas
===========

>-----Original Message-----
>shell "c:\command.com /c c:\mcafee\sdat4295.exe /silent"
>
>TIA

Thanks for the quick reply. If I were to put the
mentioned shell statement in a batch file. Would it work?


>-----Original Message-----
>Assuming you mean the Shell method from VB6, the problem
>is probably due to the fact that command.com is not
>resident in the root directory. Even if it were it's
just
>not a good idea to code it that way. Use the %COMSPEC%
>environment variable instead to reference the command
>processor.
>
> shell "%comspec% /c c:\mcafee\sdat4295.exe /silent"
>
>Then it will work on any system, even those that have
>Cmd.exe as a command processor, residing in the
>WINNT\System32 folder.
>
>Tom Lavedas
>===========
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>shell "c:\command.com /c c:\mcafee\sdat4295.exe /silent"
>>
>>TIA
>
>.
>

"Patrick" <phanva@hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:098201c386c0$24187010$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Thanks for the quick reply. If I were to put the
> mentioned shell statement in a batch file. Would it work?
>
> >
> > shell "%comspec% /c c:\mcafee\sdat4295.exe /silent"

Shell is the VB6 Command

in a batch file could simply use:

"%comspec% /c c:\mcafee\sdat4295.exe /silent

hth
Matthias

"Matthias Tacke" <Matthias@Tacke.de> wrote in message news:bla1i5$bf4$02$1@news.t-online.com...
> in a batch file could simply use:
> "%comspec% /c c:\mcafee\sdat4295.exe /silent

Or just:-

c:\mcafee\sdat4295.exe /s

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