How do I get KixTart to wait for the Shell to finish before it resumes?

Here's an example using the command shell (%comspec%) and the dir command...

shell '%comspec% /c dir >dir.out 2>nul'

The /c tells the command interpreter to wait for completion...

Shawn.

I know the "+ Chr(34)"'s aren't reallly necessary, they're there for consistency's sake. We've got other executables with spaces in the name.
Maybe the whole thing should be enclosed in single quotes? But it DOES run the .exe, so I would think comspec is OK, its just not waiting.

SHELL ' %comspec% /c "$DriveM\2ksetup.exe" '

would also work. The \ tells KiX that your var is $DriveM.

What is 2ksetup.exe? When you run it from a command prompt does it open another (graphic?) window and return you to the C:\> in the command prompt window immediately?

cj