my $app = 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\excel.exe'; my $arg = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\my.dir\\My Documents\\My Company\\QA\\$newFilename"; #Win32::Process::Create( $Win32processObj,$app,$arg,0,NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,"." ) # or die "Aborting... creating process failed due to $!\n"; system("$app $arg");