Subject Re: notepad suddenly stops working in dbase From Mervyn Bick <invalid@invalid.invalid> Date Sat, 6 Mar 2021 09:24:51 +0200 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 2021/03/06 02:38, Charlie wrote: > I've been accessing notepad and other .exe files within dbase programs for quite a while. > > I can still run it in windows cmd....run notepad...  I can't run it in dbase cmd or my programs.  This goes for other .exe files.  I get this message: > > Error:  Unable to execute DOS. > > Anyone have any suggestions? > > Charlie > What code do you use to open notepad from within dBASE? The following works in a dBASE 2019 program and Windows 10 Pro. set proc to :duflp:miscapi.prg runit('notepad',1) Mervyn.