Process.Start() in C# does not work for non-admin users

Asked Jun 10 '11 at 10:02

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I am trying to run explorer.exe to open a folder and I am using System.Diagnostics.Process to do that.

It works fine if the application is ran by a user who has admin privileges but fails if the user is not an admin.

I have tried: - running it by supplying a ProcessStartInfo. - Getting the explorer.exe process from the local machine and running it using that. - Running it on IExplore.exe.

Nothing of the above worked for non-admin users. ProcessStartInfo lets you prompt for admin credentials but that's undesirable because many users are not admins..

I know I can make this work by using some native methods (I've tried it), SHOpenFolderAndSelectItems, but I don't really want to use native code..

asked Jun 10 '11 at 10:02

George

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Post the code you are using, in the ProcessStartInfo... – Anirudh Ramanathan Jun 10 '11 at 10:04
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"does not work"/"fails" - could you elaborate? - do you get an error message? Does the process start and immediately exit? – Damien_The_Unbeliever Jun 10 '11 at 10:13
var processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo { FileName = "explorer.exe", Arguments = "C:\\" }; Process.Start(processStartInfo); – George Jun 10 '11 at 10:33
when I say 'does not work' or 'fails' I mean that the Windows Explorer does not show and no exceptions are thrown.. – George Jun 10 '11 at 10:34

Process.Start() in C# does not work for non-admin users

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