This works:
   strCommand = "winword.exe C:\test.doc /mDoThis"
   varMyDoc = Shell(strCommand, vbMaximizedFocus)

When I execute this, I get a file not found error:
   strCommand = "winword.exe C:\Documents and Settings\mbartley\test.doc"
   varMyDoc = Shell(strCommand, vbMaximizedFocus)

Same thing for this:
    strCommand = "winword.exe 'C:\Documents and
Settings\mbartley\test.doc'"
    varMyDoc = Shell(strCommand, vbMaximizedFocus)

My assumption is it's the spaces in the directory that are flummoxing the
compiler.

I'm modifying someone else's complicated code.  This is a utility procedure,
and I don't want to change the overall logic by implementing a different
approach, I want to keep the Shell command logic, but don't know how to
implement it when I've got a space in the file name.

Any help?