Because Im working on a production pc, I cant develop or troubleshoot my last step without fear. So, I defer to the gods... I have working from cmd

START "" "C:\Users\bla-bla\myexe.exe" "C:\Users\Glenn\Desktop\test.blt
+"

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and need to have my.pl do the same.

#my.pl
$myexe="C:/Users/bla-bla/myexe.exe";
$myfile="C:/Users/Glenn/Desktop/test.blt";
exec ('$myexe $myfile');

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But that only opens a small cmd window, and doesn't launch $myexe. I didnt expect it to work, but tried

...
exec '""','$myexe','$myfile';

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And realize Im out of my league. Any ideas ?

In reply to perl equiv to cmd start by enrgyxprt

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