Hi all im new to PHP and im trying to let a process (*.exe file) to run in background(localhost) and let php continue processing the script. But PHP always stops and wait for the (*.exe) stops/close! Anyone here can help me by giving me an simply example to let PHP run the exe file and continue with code execution. PS: Im on Windows usinf Apache 2.0.52 and PHP 5.0.2. And already enabled communicate with desktop under windows apache service(for testing). big THX in advanced lleoneye -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php