Run an exe from C code

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I have an exe file reference in my C  project   How do I invoke that exe from my code

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Example   Process process   Process Start   Data myApp exe    int id   process Id  Process tempProc   Process GetProcessById id   this Visible   false  tempProc WaitForExit    this Visible   true

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Example   System Diagnostics Process Start  mspaint exe      Compiling the Code  Copy the code and paste it into the Main method of a console application  Replace  mspaint exe  with the path to the application you want to run

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Look at Process Start and Process StartInfo

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I know this is well answered  but if you re interested  I wrote a library that makes executing commands much easier   Check it out here  https   github com twitchax Sheller

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using System Diagnostics   class Program       static void Main                 Process Start  C                 If your application needs cmd arguments  use something like this   using System Diagnostics   class Program       static void Main                 LaunchCommandLineApp                    lt summary gt          Launch the application with some options set           lt  summary gt      static void LaunchCommandLineApp                    For the example         const string ex1    C              const string ex2    C   Dir               Use ProcessStartInfo class         ProcessStartInfo startInfo   new ProcessStartInfo            startInfo CreateNoWindow   false          startInfo UseShellExecute   false          startInfo FileName    dcm2jpg exe           startInfo WindowStyle   ProcessWindowStyle Hidden          startInfo Arguments    -f j -o       ex1       -z 1 0 -s y     ex2           try                          Start the process with the info we specified                 Call WaitForExit and then the using statement will close              using  Process exeProcess   Process Start startInfo                                 exeProcess WaitForExit                                    catch                           Log error

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