basic help to run an application from WSH

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hello,

Apologies for such a basic question, but I've looked everywhere and
nothing is helping.

I'm just learning vbscript for wsh and here is my first script, saved
in file "<file>.vbs":

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run "<file path of file.vbs>"

Where <...> is a full file path such as "c:\documents and
settings\[...]" etc.

When I run this by selecting the file I always get a

Script: <script file path>
Line: 2
Char: 1
Error: THe system cannot find the file specified.

Code: 80070002
Source: (null)


However if I just move the file to c:\, so the path is "c:\<file>" the
file opens.

Also if I cut and paste the exact file path from the script into the
Run box on the start menu, the file opens.

Any help with this?

Many thanks.

.

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