Shell Command just doesn't want to work

[BarrySumpter]

Again something so simple is so hard to sort out in livecode.
Why can't there be a simple sample that just works.

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on mouseUp
   local tCommand
   
   put "notepad.exe" into tCommand
   get shell(tCommand)
   put it
   
end mouseUp

Error on get shell:
button "cmd2": execution error at line n/a (shell: can't run shell command) near "c: /C notepad.exe"

[BarrySumpter]

past put into Messge Box - works!
simple run in IDE same error
save - tested same error
exited LC - tested same error
rebooted - tested works!
can't tell you how agrovating that I spent so long on something so simple.