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I have this script here that needs to mount a network folder, verify that it is mounted, and then start the application. When 'tell application appName to activate' is outside the 'tell application "System Events"' statement, it works. But as it is written below, the application will not open. Additionally, when I replace 'appName' with "QuickBooks", the programs opens as it is written below.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

set hostname to "TestHost"
set shareFolder to "TestShare"
set user to "TestUser"
set pw to "P@ssword"
set appName to "QuickBooks"

try
    set networkPath to "/volumes/" & shareFolder
    mount volume "smb://" & hostname & "/" & shareFolder as user name user with password pw
end try

tell application "System Events"
    if exists folder networkPath then
        tell application appName to activate
    else
        display alert "Unable to find QuickBooks Database."
    end if
    
end tell

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