its al in OnInitInstance --i spawn a new thread XX which shows a dlg --shellexecute --waifrosingleobject(thread XX) --maindlg.domodal thanks, -- ano

hi you can use create process as follows. suppose app u want to run is saved on c: and its name is app.exe then u can try this STARTUPINFO si={0}; PROCESS_INFORMATION pi={0}; if(!CreateProcess(NULL,"c:\\app.exe",NULL,NULL,FALSE,CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE,NULL, NULL,&si,&pi)) { printf("\nError in creating the process"); } else printf("\nBe happy"); sanket patel