From: Luis Lavena Date: 2009-11-23T15:30:07+09:00 Subject: Re: Problem with calling an exe in the script On Nov 23, 3:16 am, deepti wrote: > I am not able able to start a thread which checks the pop-ups in the > background. I used this code but doesn't seem to work... > > x=Thread.new do > system("c:\\CVPN_Automation\\popupHandler\\popupHandler.exe") >   end > > Any suggestions? Please provide more information about your environment: 1) Version of Ruby (ruby -v) 2) What version of Windows 3) details about "what it supposed to do" since we don't know what is popupHandler or anything about it. If the executable you're invoking requires user actions or not, etc. Help us help you. -- Luis Lavena