Subject a fix to Re: notepad suddenly stops working in dbase From Charlie <tm@tc.com> Date Tue, 20 Apr 2021 04:47:29 -0400 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started I found a fix with a non dos program on my laptop in which suddenly my 'run' command stopped working.  I am now using run() with a windows program. Here is the code that works: RUN(true,"C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\program\soffice.exe csv\etext"+txno+".csv") I guess in 2021 time to lose my dos programs  :) 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