hconnery@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > response = Shell("C:\Program Files\GIMP\bin\gimp.exe C:\ImpImages\Main.SelectedImage") > Is there some way to force the default directory to be the same as > the directory I specified when remote starting GIMP? (Didn't I already send a reply to this message to the list? I thought I did but apparently not...) Why don't you simply call the VB equivalent to chdir() before calling Shell()? (And perhaps chdir() back to where you were afterwards, if necessary.) --tml