Instead of running the code with the shell statement, try this to see what your command line is getting.

code:

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$nul='%comspec% /c start /w "C:\DEV6I\BIN\ifrun60.EXE e:\erp_v9\bin\orama orama_logon/orama_logon@@DBSFI"'
;shell $nul
? $nul

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This will "show" you what it wants to run on the command line. Then modify or work with the quote " marks to get the program to work.

Let me know.