Executing Exe File From PHP Errors

Hi, I am wondering if anyone on this list has seen anything like this. I have a snippet of code that calls an exe file before it starts processing anything else from the php file. The code is called as follows: //execute program shell_exec("C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\incidence\my-manager.exe -d$date -p$event"); The entire program works most of the time without my further edits, but sometimes I cannot get the entire program to finish execution because I see a Visual Studio error pop up window asking if I would like to bug due to the code snippet above. Since I execute PHP files with other applications, such an error from Visual Studio pop up window prohibits me from running the applications. I don't think this is something normal, which I welcome anyone to offer me some suggestions on how to get away with this kind of error. Thanks in advance. Alice _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with gadgets on Windows Live Spaces http://discoverspaces.live.com?source=hmtag1&loc=us