Launch an msi from a button using forms

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I feel really silly having to ask this question as I know I should not be having so much trouble with this simple task....but I am trying to launch my .msi when a user pushes a button of a form. I am certain this is a one liner but I cannot for the life of me figure this out. I have the .MSI file on my desktop so I want the button to also be able to have the user select where the msi file is. If anyone could help me that would be grand...

To see which commands you need to execute, take a look at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc759262(v=ws.10).aspx — Espen Burud, Apr 17 '12 at 20:54
See this article https://stackoverflow.com/questions/258416/shellexecute-equivalent-in-net which basically shows the C# way of calling ShellExecute. — Joseph Willcoxson, Apr 17 '12 at 20:53

Oded · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-17T21:00:22.877

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Look at Process.Start.

Process.Start("path to msi");

To get the path to the file, you can use the FileDialog class (assuming winforms).

OpenFileDialog openFileDialog1 = new OpenFileDialog();

if(openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
   Process.Start(openFileDialog1.FileName);
}

edited Apr 17 '12 at 21:00

answered Apr 17 '12 at 20:51

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Okay that launches the MSI :-), now what about being able to have the user select the .msi location rather than hard coding it in? Also thank you for the crazy fast response! – Jimmy Apr 17 '12 at 20:55
@Jimmy - Look at [the answer](http://stackoverflow.com/users/1070216/jmyster) from @Jmyster, using the `FileDialog`. – Oded Apr 17 '12 at 20:56

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 17 '12 at 20:53

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Look at using this to get the file:

FileDialog dialog = new FileDialog();

answered Apr 17 '12 at 20:53

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Launch an msi from a button using forms

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