Les, you are right, (silly me) it's a command not a function and as such a switch would have to be used.
sealeopard, SHELL '%COMSPEC% /c START...' doesn't allow me to launch a process hidden.
Jooel, I was aware of the runEx() udf (and shell.application.shellexecute method) but as far as I am aware it will only launch the process and continue - e.g. equiv to the kiXtart "RUN" command - it doesn't emulate the functionality of the kiXtart "SHELL" command. If anyone knows of a way to use a command to emulate this behavour (shell process hidden), it would be gracefully received!!
I'm quite happy if the consensus that this isn't really a positive enhancement means this doesn't happen, but I personally would find it useful, hence why I suggested it ;-)
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