Hello and welcome to the board.

Please look in the KiXtart manual for the USE command and / or the SHELL

You should be able to natively do it in KiX, or if you want you can SHELL out and still use DOS programs as well.

Also look for and download the compiled help file for KiXtart from ScriptLogic

http://www.scriptlogic.com/kixtart

There is also a great FAQ section right here on the board that discusses many of the most commonly asked questions for KiXtart.

Best wishes.