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");