Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") strFolder = objShell.CurrentDirectory strPythonPath = strFolder & "\runtime\python.exe" strScriptPath = strFolder & "\start.py" objShell.Run """" & strPythonPath & """ """ & strScriptPath & """" ' Set objExec = objShell.Exec("""" & strPythonPath & """ """ & strScriptPath & """")