oh. Thanks.

I'm pretty sure that the majority of folks in these newsgroups use
Setupbuilder to manage all that stuff. I use a Setupbuilder script
that I simply compile to do an ImageCFG, Armadillo, Manifest, and Code
Sign. It doesn't generate a setup. It just works on the files in a
"permanent" mode.

I still can't wrap my head around why Shellexecute would be something
you'd choose to employ for this task, but I'm glad you've ultimately
found something that's working for you.

Jeff Slarve
www.jssoftware.com

Untie that A-String