The Start() method on the .NET System.Diagnostics.Process class for starting applications from within a program
See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.process.start.aspx
Questions tagged [process.start]
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Process.start: how to get the output?
I would like to run an external command line program from my Mono/.NET app.
For example, I would like to run mencoder. Is it possible:
To get the command line shell output, and write it on my text box?
To get the numerical value to show a progress…
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How do I start a process from C#?
How do I start a process, such as launching a URL when the user clicks a button?
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How can I run an EXE program from a Windows Service using C#?
How can I run an EXE program from a Windows Service using C#?
This is my code:
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(@"E:\PROJECT XL\INI SQLLOADER\ConsoleApplication2\ConsoleApplication2\ConsoleApplication2\bin\Debug\ConsoleApplication2.exe");
When I…
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Replacing Process.Start with AppDomains
Background
I have a Windows service that uses various third-party DLLs to perform work on PDF files. These operations can use quite a bit of system resources, and occasionally seem to suffer from memory leaks when errors occur. The DLLs are…
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Use Process.Start with parameters AND spaces in path
I've seen similar examples, but can't find something exactly like my problem.
I need to run a command like this from C#:
C:\FOLDER\folder with spaces\OTHER_FOLDER\executable.exe p1=hardCodedv1 p2=v2
I'm setting v2 at runtime, so I need to be able…
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Process.Start() not starting the .exe file (works when run manually)
I have an .exe file that needs to be run after I create a file. The file is successfully created and I am using the following code to run the .exe file after that:
ProcessStartInfo processInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
processInfo.FileName =…
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Access is denied exception when using Process.Start() to open folder
I have a winforms application in C# where I have to open a certain Folder.
I use
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(pathToFolder);
This results in the following exception:
System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): Access is denied
at…
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Process.Start(url) broken on Windows 8/Chrome - are there alternatives?
To open a URL from a .NET application, many sites (including on StackOverflow) cite this example:
Process.Start("http://www.google.com/");
On Windows 8, this works if Internet Explorer is the default browser. However if Google Chrome is the…
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C# Process Start needs Arguments with double quotes - they disappear
I'm trying to run a cmd line application from c# using Process.Start(ProcessStartInfo);
The problem is, the cmd line application is a matlab standalone .exe and has optional arguments meaning that you pass them on the cmd line as such:
app.exe…
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Process.Start() and PATH environment variable
I have the following trivial C# application that simply attempts to launch "jconsole.exe", which on my machine is located in C:\Programs\jdk16\bin.
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
namespace dnet {
public class dnet {
static void Main(…
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Process.Start never returns when UAC denied
I have an updater exe that is meant to close the primary exe, replace it with an updated exe, and then launch that updated exe. When the updater attempts to start the updated exe, if the UAC permissions dialog is denied by the user, the updater will…
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How can I start a new Process and wait until it finishes?
I want to start a program with C# (could use Process.Start()). Then my program should wait until the started program is closed, before it continues.
How do I do this?
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Application started by Process.Start() isn't getting arguments
Using C#, I am trying to pass command-line arguments to a new process using Process.Start():
string path = @"C:\Demo\Demo.exe";
string arguments = "one two three";
ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
{
FileName = path,
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How do I ensure C#'s Process.Start will expand environment variables?
I'm attempting to create a process like so:
var psi = new ProcessStartInfo
{
FileName = @"%red_root%\bin\texturepreviewer.exe",
UseShellExecute = true
};
var process = Process.Start(psi);
process.WaitForExit();
Now the environment variable…
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Start an external process on mac with c#
I'm successfully using System.Diagnostics.Process.Start() to start my external mono executable on windows. However it fails on mac. I'm not getting any error, simply nothing at all happens.
I tried doing it the following…
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