[Tutor] os.system() problem executing application / program

[mjekl at clix.pt]

Hi,



I'm experimenting with os.system() to start another application in my pc.

I have no problems with the following statement:



    os.system("start C:\\MyDb1.mdb")



A command box appears/ desappears and Access starts running.



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On the other hand the following statement doesn't work:



    os.system("start C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Iexplorer.exe")



I'm as sure as I can be that this as something to do with either long file

names or spaces in the dos command.

If this is true this is not really a Python problem, but still is something

probably alot of people encounter, so ther is probably a fast answer to my

hair pulling problem :-)



I'm running Python2.3 on MSW98 2nd.





Txs,

Miguel



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