Actually, I agree with saxon and there are ways to determine if /run can execute a file before it actually executes the file with ShellExecute.
First you'd check the system PATH to see if the file can be found ($ispath would be cool). If a file is located then trace the file extension through the registry to see if it's associated with an application or not (I believe an API exists for this even). Then you would test if the file is locked by the system by attempting to OPEN the file (doesn't have to physically read it, just requests permission to access it). If the OPEN fails, then /run is certain to fail aswell.
Granted, it would be impossible to cover all possible errors... eg: WinZip Error "File Appears Corrupt", could not possibly be anticipated... but the file still successfully /ran, and that's all that $run needs to do.
- Raccoon
