How to open any exe if path is unknown using vbscript?

Asked Oct 04 '16 at 09:36

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I can open EXE using following way. But sometimes, path is not fixed. If user change the installation path, following code will be useless.

Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject( "WScript.Shell" )
objShell.Exec("C:\Program Files (x86)\MyAppFolder\MyApp.exe") 
Set objShell = Nothing

I have referred following links as suggested

1- Launch programs whose path contains spaces : But this suggest using path or using Run. In my case path is not fixed. User is free to install application anywhere. I have tried using Run as given in that link but my application doesn't open from Run as example suggests

2- How to get program files environment setting from VBScript : This link also contains some solution to get Program File path. But as I said above user is free to install anywhere.

Please suggest how to open EXE if path is not predecided.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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asked Oct 04 '16 at 09:36

Nanji Mange

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This question is unanswerable as stated. If you don't know the path of the EXE what do you know? – Margaret Bloom Oct 04 '16 at 09:38
@MargaretBloom If the system is 32 Bit, there is no Program Files (x86) folder, else there will be. How to manage in this situation?? There must be some way. – Nanji Mange Oct 04 '16 at 09:39
Possible duplicate of [Launch programs whose path contains spaces](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1340355/launch-programs-whose-path-contains-spaces) – Pirate Oct 04 '16 at 09:40
Answered here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/1891302/603855 – Ekkehard.Horner Oct 04 '16 at 09:41
@Pirate my question is different because I am not able to open exe from Run. – Nanji Mange Oct 04 '16 at 09:43
@NanjiMange - you have **two** problems: how to determine the programs folder **and** how to quote a path with spaces. So combine both solutions – Ekkehard.Horner Oct 04 '16 at 09:52
@Ekkehard.Horner Here the problem is user can change installation folder. How can I open it if user change the folder and set to another drive. Please suggest – Nanji Mange Oct 04 '16 at 09:53
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Search for the file, obviously. – Ansgar Wiechers Oct 04 '16 at 10:06
@AnsgarWiechers Yes, I think this looks a way at the moment. – Nanji Mange Oct 04 '16 at 10:38

How to open any exe if path is unknown using vbscript?

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