Writing string is different than writing int (your original problem). The ofstream class does not support writing string data. You have to provide that yourself: #include <fstream> std::ofstream &operator<<( std::ofstream &os, const std::string &str ) { os << str.c_str(); return os; } "Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it." - Native American Proverb

Sweet Flame wrote: WinExec ("C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\WINWORD.EXE", SW_SHOWNORMAL); Just a note: You'll need to escape the backslash. The '\' character in a string signifies a special character. You need to use: WinExec("C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\OFFICE11\\WINWORD.EXE", SW_SHOWNORMAL);