Can't launch Internet Explorer

[Adrian D. Bailey]

I have a VBmacro that writes some webpages.
I want the last line of the macro to launch a browser to display the first
of the pages.

I've tried this...
dummy = Shell("iexplore " & Environ("temp") & "\showpeople1.htm",
vbNormalFocus)
....but I get File Not Found.

Oddly, if I replace "iexplore" with "notepad" it works, with Notepad
launching and showing me the HTML code.

Ideally, I'd like to launch the user's default browser - whether that's IE,
or Firefox or whatever.

Any tips, please?
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[Peter T]

Have a go with this to launch in deafult browser

Public Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" _
Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, _
ByVal lpOperation As String, _
ByVal lpFile As String, _
ByVal lpParameters As String, _
ByVal lpDirectory As String, _
ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long

Public Declare Function GetDesktopWindow Lib "user32" () As Long

Sub Test()
Dim hWndDesk As Long
Dim res&
Dim sFile$

sFile = Environ("temp") & "\" & "myFile.htm"
hWndDesk = GetDesktopWindow()

res = ShellExecute(hWndDesk, vbNullString, sFile, _
vbNullString, vbNullString, vbNormalFocus)

Debug.Print res
Select Case res
Case Is > 32
' should be up & running
Case 2
'file not found
Case Else
'some other error specific to res
End Select

End Sub

Might also need something along the lines of ShellAndWait, search google for
other error codes.

Regards,
Peter T