ShellExecuteEx se bloquea en Excel VBA

desde que se produjeron las actualizaciones de Windows, una llamada de API a ShellExecuteEx (sExecuteInfo) se bloquea diciendo "excepción no controlada en 0x75F7A529 (shell32.dll) Infracción de acceso ubicación de lectura 0x68686903". No tengo idea de lo que está mal aquí, ¿me pueden ayudar por favor?

Definición :

Private Type SHELLEXECUTEINFO
cbSize       As Long
fMask        As Long
Hwnd         As Long
lpVerb       As String
lpFile       As String
lpParameters As String
lpDirectory  As String
nShow        As Long
hInstApp     As Long
lpIDList     As Long
lpClass      As String
hkeyClass    As Long
dwHotKey     As Long
hIcon        As Long
hProcess     As Long
End Type

Private Const STILL_ACTIVE As Long = &H103 ' Constant for the lpExitCode parameter of the GetExitCodeProcess API function.

Private Declare PtrSafe Function ShellExecuteEx Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteExA" (lpExecInfo As SHELLEXECUTEINFO) As Long

Código:

Private Function ShellAndWait(ByVal szProgram As String, Optional ByVal szOptions As String, Optional ByVal iWindowState As Integer = vbHide) As Boolean

Dim lTaskID As Long
Dim lReturn As Long
Dim lExitCode As Long
Dim lResult As Long
Dim bShellAndWait As Boolean
Dim hInstance As Object
Dim lPriority As Long

On Error GoTo ErrorHandler

Dim sExecuteInfo As SHELLEXECUTEINFO
sExecuteInfo.cbSize = Len(sExecuteInfo)
sExecuteInfo.lpVerb = "open"
sExecuteInfo.lpFile = szProgram
sExecuteInfo.lpParameters = szOptions
sExecuteInfo.nShow = &H7    ' Parameter SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE,     (0x7)       , displays the window as a minimized window. The active window remains active.
sExecuteInfo.fMask = &H8140 ' Parameter SEE_MASK_NO_CONSOLE     (0x00008000), use to inherit the parent's console for the new process instead of having it create a new console
                            ' Parameter SEE_MASK_NOASYNC        (0x00000100), wait for the execute operation to complete before returning.
                            ' Parameter SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS (0x00000040), puts process id back in sExecuteInfo.hProcess
lPriority = &H100000 'PROCESS_MODE_BACKGROUND_BEGIN
lReturn = ShellExecuteEx(sExecuteInfo)
'Loop while the shelled process is still running.
Do
    'lExitCode will be set to STILL_ACTIVE as long as the shelled process is running.
    lResult = GetExitCodeProcess(sExecuteInfo.hProcess, lExitCode)
    DoEvents
    'iCount = iCount + 1
    'Application.StatusBar = Str(iCount) + " iteration waited"
Loop While lExitCode = STILL_ACTIVE
bShellAndWait = True
Exit Function

ErrorHandler:
sErrMsg = Err.Description
bShellAndWait = False
End Function

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