How to Launch a "setup.exe" with LabVIEW app? No luck with System Exec.vi

I've got an application that I'm trying to update with a separate LabVIEW application (the "Updater"). It's the "Check for Updates" capability you see on other major apps.
Here's the glitch: When the Updater tries to launch "setup.exe" using "System Exec.vi", The installer seems to catch the attempt and pops a dialog titled "Windws XP Setup" saying "Please go to the Control Panel to install and configure system components". The install does not begin and the installer closes (if it was ever open!).
Running the same installer by double-clicking the "setup.exe" file from windows runs just fine.
Here's the question: "How can a LabView app launch an installer?"

Could you show the code.
Look at the path where you want to run the code.
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