ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "myapplication.exe", NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
that will open an application and start it called "myapplication.exe", of course you'd have to replace that with the real name of your app. However if an application is already open, you would probably have to use something like FindWindow() to get the window's hWnd, then call SetForegroundWindow() or something like that. Who are all these people and what are they doing in my house?...Me in 30 years, inside a grocery store My articles[^] bdiamond :zzz: