Hi My Apache http server is running on Windows. I'm able to get cgi/Perl scripts to run. I'm trying to run an application like notepad from my html form. I have a button that calls a script but the notepad application only runs in the background (no window pops up like when I test in Perl). I see it in the Windows Task Manager/Processes Tab so I know it is running. Below is a clip from my form code: <FORM ACTION="/cgi-bin/run_hotkey.pl" method="POST"> <INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="Run notepad Script"> </FORM> This is a clip from my run_hotkey.pl script: #! c:/perl/bin/perl -w use strict; system("notepad"); # This starts notepad in the background. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks Dave Fangmeier dave.fangmeier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx