System comman: launching an .exe

[molemansd7]

I'm having some trouble trying to launch an .exe on my system. I've tried numerous combinations the system command to no avail. What happens is that it will start to launch the program, and then error out saying "Cannot load default .cfg file." This is the first time I've tried to access an exe outside of maya, so any help would be much appreciated. Here's some of what I've tried so far:

system "start C:/folder/prog.exe";
system "C:/folder/prog.exe";
system ("C: &cd folder &prog.exe");
system ("C: &cd folder &C:/folder/prog.exe")
... etc.

Even if I do:
system ("C: &DIR")
It will only return the current maya directory, not the one on C:. Is there a way to actually get it to change the directory so it can find and load the config file and run the exe? Or is there another way to go about this? Thanks for any help.

[joojaa]

Your not in maya anymore slashes really are \ in windows which must be escaped by second back slash.

system "start C:\folder\prog.exe";

[molemansd7]

Thanks for the quick response. I tried that syntax but was still getting the same error. Any other thoughts?

[joojaa]

Works for me. However you may notice maya doesnt have admin rights! So you should stage a test to see if thats the problem.

Also if your directory has a space then you nee dto quote thet with double qiiutes wich must e escaped again

[joojaa]

Ahh just one thing start is in its own subshell so it behaves a bit wird at times see microsoft documentation on this. But you can indeed do it without start:

system "c:\temp\myTextfile.txt"

This will test if theintercition works but will freeze maya offcourse.