How can I execute a shell command using VBA?
This shows the scenarios where you want to call an exe file and pass an argument to it using shell command. The following code checks the folder where chrome.exe residing and calling www.google.com, from there (assuming you installed chrome) by passing url as argument:
Public Sub Display_Google() Dim chromePath As String chromePath = "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" If FileExists(chromePath) Then Shell (chromePath & " -url" & " " & "www.google.com"), vbMaximizedFocus Else chromePath = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" Shell (chromePath & " -url" & " " & "www.google.com"), vbMaximizedFocus End IfEnd SubPublic Function FileExists(ByVal FileName As String) As Boolean On Error Resume Next FileExists = Not CBool(GetAttr(FileName) And (vbDirectory Or vbVolume)) On Error GoTo 0End Function