I couldn't find the best newsgroup to post this question
in, so sorry if this is off-topic....

What I'd like to do is to have a command in a .VBS script
run a file (similiar to if I went to Start-Run, typed the
file name, and hit enter)

For example, I'd like to have the .VBS file run
C:\docs\agenda.doc (which would fire up microsoft word
with this document open).

Any ideas?  Thanks.
-Clark

You can use the Run method of Windows Scripting Host's Shell class.  An
example follows.  Notice the Chr(34) functions surrounding the file name to
add double-quotes around the file name in case the file name contains
spaces.

On Error Resume Next
Dim objWSH

Set objWSH = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
objWSH.Run Chr(34) & "C:\Documents and Settings\eric\My Documents\doc1.doc"
& Chr(34)

If Err.number <> 0 Then
 msgbox "Problem: " & Err.Description
Else
 msgbox "All good"
End IF

Set objWSH = Nothing

MCSD, Brainbench MVP for Visual Basic
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