With VBCE 6.0, you can now access the CE API!   Here is a simple example which shows how to shell to another application.   This is the same function which is used in the VBCEMisc Control.

Place the following code in a MODULE:

Public Declare Function CreateProcess Lib "coredll.DLL" Alias "CreateProcessW" _
    (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, ByVal lpCommandLine As String, _
     ByVal lpProcessAttributes As Long, ByVal lpThreadAttributes As Long, _
     ByVal bInheritHandles As Long, ByVal dwCreationFlags As Long, _
     ByVal lpEnvironment As Long, ByVal lpCurrentDirectory As String, _
     ByVal lpStartupInfo As Long, ByVal lpProcessInformation As Long) As Long

Const SUCCESS = 1

Now, add 2 text boxes, and one command button with the following click event code to a form:

Dim lRet As Long

'-- Shell off new process
lRet = CreateProcess(CStr(txtProcess.Text), _
CStr(txtCommandLine.Text), _
0, 0, False, 0, 0, "", 0, 0)

If lRet = SUCCESS Then
Me.Caption = "Success"
Else
Me.Caption = "Failure"
End If