Opening/closing other windows from MS Access?

[TheDougmeister]

1) I am currently just using the "Shell" command in Access to open another program (a browser). Is there a better way?

I would like to close it when I'm done. It will have multiple tabs open. I am currently using "Sendkeys" to send "^w" to close one tab at a time. I could send "Alt-F4" but I'm a little leery of accidentally closing the wrong program.

2) Is there a more elegant way to shut down the program that I opened?

Thanks.