Option Explicit Dim shell Dim fso Dim projectPath Dim launcherPath Dim command Set shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") projectPath = fso.GetParentFolderName(WScript.ScriptFullName) launcherPath = fso.BuildPath(projectPath, "start_kvm_switch.cmd") command = "cmd.exe /c """ & launcherPath & """" ' Run hidden and do not wait. shell.Run command, 0, False