# Launching Powerpoint from flash MX

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/launching-powerpoint-from-flash-mx/30502>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 9, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/launching-powerpoint-from-flash-mx/30502 "2003-09-09T19:28:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![scoots\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@scoots\_Johnson](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/scoots_Johnson)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/launching-powerpoint-from-flash-mx/30502/1 "2003-09-09T19:28:46Z")

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Is there any way to Launch Powerpoint using a FS command and a .bat file in Flash MX from an .exe file.

I could do it in flash 5… but am now using MX and the old script doesn’t seem to work. Has something change?

Scoots