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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 23:37:57 -0700
Subject: Re: why did the WindowsError occur?
From: Benjamin Kaplan <benjamin.kaplan@case.edu>
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On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Levi Nie <levinie001@gmail.com> wrote:
> my code:
> import os
> os.startfile(r'C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer.exe')
>
> the error:
> os.startfile(r'C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer.exe')
> WindowsError: [Error 2] : 'C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer.exe'
>

There's no such thing as C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer.exe. You
probably want C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe.