Option Explicit
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
    If FolderExists("C:\WINDOWS") = True Then
        MsgBox "Existe"
    Else
        MsgBox "No existe"
    End If
End Sub
 
Private Function FolderExists(ByVal Folder As String) As Boolean
    If Dir(Folder, vbDirectory) = "" Then
        FolderExists = False
    Else
        FolderExists = True
    End If
End Function
 

Option Explicit
 
Private Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_REQUIRED As Long = &HF0000
Private Const SYNCHRONIZE As Long = &H100000
Private Const PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS As Long = (STANDARD_RIGHTS_REQUIRED Or SYNCHRONIZE Or &HFFF)
 
Private Declare Function TerminateProcess Lib "kernel32.dll" (ByVal hProcess As Long, ByVal uExitCode As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetExitCodeProcess Lib "kernel32.dll" (ByVal hProcess As Long, ByRef lpExitCode As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function OpenProcess Lib "kernel32.dll" (ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Long, ByVal bInheritHandle As Long, ByVal dwProcessId As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "kernel32.dll" (ByVal hObject As Long) As Long
 
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    Dim pId As Long
    Dim hProcess As Long
    Dim exitCode As Long
 
    pId = Shell("notepad.exe", vbNormalFocus)
    hProcess = OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS, 0, pId)
 
    Call GetExitCodeProcess(hProcess, exitCode)
    Call TerminateProcess(hProcess, exitCode)
 
    Call CloseHandle(hProcess)
End Sub
 
 

Option Explicit
 
Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
    Call ShellExecute(Me.hwnd, "Open", "C:\prueba.txt", vbNull, vbNull, 1)
End Sub