Dear,

For the differences between read

(almost) everything you wanted to know about RUN and SHELL on FAQ forum

Normally when the setup.exe is there it should start.
When you are trying it from a DOS box try

k:\essbase502\502p13\setup.exe

How it is going?

We have also extend our script
code:
IF (@userid = 'wrights')
IF NOT Exist("c:\essbase_1\bin\essexcln.xll")
USE k: "\\essbase_1\essclnt"
IF (@error <> 0)
? "Error KIX-USE: error @error (@serror)"
ENDIF
IF (Exist("k:\essbase502\502p13\setup.exe") = 1)
? "Informative KIX: start setup."
SHELL '%comspec% /c start /w "k:\essbase502\502p13\setup.exe" '
IF (@error <> 0)
? "Error KIX-SHELL: error @error (@serror)"
ENDIF
? "completed."
ELSE
? "Informative KIX: file 'k:setup' not found."
ENDIF
ENDIF
ENDIF

What is now the result?
greetings.
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