vbscript fails to start windows application

From: Magnus (no_at_spam.com)
Date: 02/19/04 

Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 02:54:37 +0100

Hope someone can help me on this one..

I am trying to execute some applications from within vbscript using
wscript.shell "run" function. What happens is that the script executes
without any errors or warnings, one of the application (battlefield1942) im
trying to start even generates a pid file as it normally does when started
up "manually". Another application however, starts as expected, so it seems
almost random from my angle. The application I can't seem to start is Aida32
and Battlefield1942. I have tried executing notepad in vbscript, and that
works fine, also another application that starts fine is the game
"Blitzkrieg". The thing is that the same script that fails to start aida32
under windowsxp, is the very same script that successfully starts aida32
under windows 2000. So it definitively seems to be related to Windows XP
somehow, the question is how ??

' The script lines im currently using, which also fails
Set sh = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
sh.run "start D:\Games\bf1942\BF1942.exe"
Set sh = nothing

- Magnus

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