You can use the Shell function.
You might fare better with a question like this in microsoft.public.excel.programming.
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Regards from Virginia Beach,
Earl Kiosterud
www.smokeylake.com
Note: Top-posting has been the norm here.
Some folks prefer bottom-posting.
But if you bottom-post to a reply that's
already top-posted, the thread gets messy.
When in Rome...