Yey! Thanks Northcode! I finally got the directory structure right. Here's what I did...

in the root directory (C: or the cd drive D i put in my projector EXE files. In these files were buttons going from one menu to the next (menu1, menu2, menu3). For these i put in
fscommand("exec", "menu1")and so on...

next i created a subdirectory (another folder) in the root directory and named it fscommand. in this folder I put in renamed proxy files (from proxy.exe to menu1.exe, menu2. exe and so on...) and .bat files.
here is the code i put in for the .bat file...

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START \menu1.exe
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the "\" will direct the .bat file to the root directory thus starting the indicated program.

I have a question though.... For example I opened menu1.exe (the projector file) and it calls the renamed proxy and this calls the bat thus invoking the next EXE, how do I get the current EXE to close and still open the next desired EXE. What happens in my case is that when I try to open the next EXE, the current window is still open so when I go back and forth from one menu to the next, the EXEs get stacked up and significantly slows down the pc. (and it's just plain ugly and messy)

I tried doing the following things and here's what they do...

- added an fscommand("quit", "true") before the
fscommand("exec", "menu1") and all it does is close the EXE. I'm
assuming all this does is close the program before it even gets
the chance to perform the next command.

- added an fscommand("quit", "true") after the
fscommand("exec", "menu1") and all it does is close the EXE. This
simply closes the program and the next one doesn't open.

Is there anyway I can close the current EXE while at the same time opening the next one that I want to open? I'm assuming a .bat file command has to be added to the current .bat files for each EXE but I have no clue on how to do it.