Simple VBScript to open a application not working

Question

here is my VBScript

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run "C:\Program Files\TrueCrypt\TrueCrypt.exe", 0 , false

It says it can't find it.

possible duplicate of [VBScript problem](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5156903/vbscript-problem) — Helen, Jul 28 '11 at 09:25
possible duplicate of [Launch programs whose path contains spaces](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1340355/launch-programs-whose-path-contains-spaces) — Jean-François Corbett, Mar 12 '15 at 08:10

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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Taken from here

You can get around this by surrounding the path in quotes. But to do so, you need to escape them correctly(with "), so:

WshShell.Run """C:\Program Files\TrueCrypt\TrueCrypt.exe"""

edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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answered Jul 28 '11 at 08:54

Sandeep Pathak

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This gives error. `Cannot use parenthesis while calling a sub` – mrN Jul 28 '11 at 09:00
Ok, got that working, but my code tells to open the application hidden, but not in windows vista – mrN Jul 28 '11 at 09:42
Will you plz elaborate ? Second Argument has a control over hidden attribute . Do you want no hide behaviour for vista? – Sandeep Pathak Jul 28 '11 at 09:51
Here is the question referring to the problem > [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6857308/run-any-application-in-background) – mrN Jul 28 '11 at 10:16

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 17 '13 at 10:20

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You can try the following:

    Dim objShell
    Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject( "WScript.Shell" )
    objShell.Run("""C:\Program Files\TrueCrypt\TrueCrypt.exe""")
    Set objShell = Nothing

answered Sep 17 '13 at 10:20

Sunny

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please remove the the spurious () in the .Run call. – Ekkehard.Horner Sep 17 '13 at 11:20

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 28 '11 at 09:01

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Either put more quotes around the path, or use the old style string for "Program Files" - Progra~1.

The following example works on my machine:

<package>
    <job id="truecrypt">
        <script language="VBScript">
            set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
            WshShell.Run """C:\Program Files\TrueCrypt\TrueCrypt.exe""", 0 , false
        </script>
    </job>
</package>

answered Jul 28 '11 at 09:01

Jon Egerton

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Would you take a look at [this question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6857308/run-any-application-in-background) too – mrN Jul 28 '11 at 10:17

Simple VBScript to open a application not working

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