Dim oShell Dim iExitCode1 Set oShell = WScript.CreateObject ("WSCript.shell") iExitCode1 = oShell.run("cmd /K " & GetCurrentDirectory() & "bin\timer_client",1,False) Set oShell = Nothing 'This function returns the current directory of the script Function GetCurrentDirectory() Dim sScriptFullName sScriptFullName = WScript.ScriptFullName GetCurrentDirectory = mid(sScriptFullName,1,InStrRev(sScriptFullName,"\")) End Function