> >>> import subprocess
> >>> p = subprocess.Popen("c:/windows/notepad.exe")
> >>> p.pid> 1948 Yes, it works. But in my case, I need to run the program totally separated from my main program. So, when I start a new program through subprocess, it doesn't unlink. I mean, if I close my main app, so does the launched program. With startfile() it does the job, but I then I have to find what pid is through win32all module, etc. it would be very good if I can use spawnl Daniel -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
