# HELP : Launching external file not working

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-launching-external-file-not-working/78775>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 8, 2005, 2:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-launching-external-file-not-working/78775 "2005-02-08T02:54:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![razielhans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@razielhans](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/razielhans)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 2:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-launching-external-file-not-working/78775/1 "2005-02-08T02:54:55Z")

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Hello,

I tried to apply this tutorial to my projector but somehow it’s not working.  
[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/projectorcommands.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/projectorcommands.htm)

In my projector, a button would launch a DIRECTOR MOVIE named “Projector.exe”. This is how my script goes:

on (release) {  
fscommand (“exec”, “Portfolio/Projector.exe”);  
}

I already checked the path and the locations of my file. And everything is in the right place. To check it out more, I tried to launch a Window application just to make sure the script works but it didn’t.

on (release) {  
fscommand (“exec”, “C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe”);  
}

What am I missing in here?

Thank You