how to open locally created file with IE?

[scriptcaster]

I have a script that creates an html file on the fly, and I want to be able to open it with IE upon completion.

I define the output file variable as: $out = "report.htm"

I want to specify a relative path on purpose as I will run this from a jump drive, so the file should be created next to my script on the jump drive.

And at the end of the script I use:

& "$env:programfiles\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" $out

The file gets created, but IE goes looking for a URL with the expanded name of my $out variable and fails.

If I hard code the value of $out in my script to be "C:\report.htm" then everything works.

The issue is, I never know the drive letter the system will assign my jump drive, and I do not want to write to the C drive, so want to try to use relative path names. Is there a way to accomplish this?

Thanks!

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[scriptcaster]

Than you, that did it!