Launching an application EXE from C

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How can I launch an application using C    Requirements  Must work on Windows nbsp XP and Windows nbsp Vista   I have seen a sample from DinnerNow net sampler that only works in Windows nbsp Vista

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Use System Diagnostics Process Start   method   Check out this article on how to use it   Process Start  notepad    readme txt     string winpath   Environment GetEnvironmentVariable  windir    string path   System IO Path GetDirectoryName                System Windows Forms Application ExecutablePath    Process Start winpath      Microsoft NET Framework v1 0 3705 Installutil exe   path      MyService exe

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Here s a snippet of helpful code   using System Diagnostics      Prepare the process to run ProcessStartInfo start   new ProcessStartInfo       Enter in the command line arguments  everything you would enter after the executable name itself start Arguments   arguments      Enter the executable to run  including the complete path start FileName   ExeName     Do you want to show a console window  start WindowStyle   ProcessWindowStyle Hidden  start CreateNoWindow   true  int exitCode       Run the external process  amp  wait for it to finish using  Process proc   Process Start start          proc WaitForExit             Retrieve the app s exit code      exitCode   proc ExitCode      There is much more you can do with these objects  you should read the documentation  ProcessStartInfo  Process

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Additionally you will want to use the Environment Variables for your paths if at all possible  http   en wikipedia org wiki Environment variable Default Values on Microsoft Windows  E G     WINDIR    Windows Directory  APPDATA    Application Data - Varies alot between Vista and XP    There are many more check out the link for a longer list

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Here s a snippet of helpful code   using System Diagnostics      Prepare the process to run ProcessStartInfo start   new ProcessStartInfo       Enter in the command line arguments  everything you would enter after the executable name itself start Arguments   arguments      Enter the executable to run  including the complete path start FileName   ExeName     Do you want to show a console window  start WindowStyle   ProcessWindowStyle Hidden  start CreateNoWindow   true  int exitCode       Run the external process  amp  wait for it to finish using  Process proc   Process Start start          proc WaitForExit             Retrieve the app s exit code      exitCode   proc ExitCode      There is much more you can do with these objects  you should read the documentation  ProcessStartInfo  Process

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Try this   Process Start  Location Of File exe       Make sure you use the System Diagnostics library

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System Diagnostics Process Start    C  Windows System32 Notepad exe

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System Diagnostics Process Start  PathToExe exe

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System Diagnostics Process Start    C  Windows System32 Notepad exe

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Additionally you will want to use the Environment Variables for your paths if at all possible  http   en wikipedia org wiki Environment variable Default Values on Microsoft Windows  E G     WINDIR    Windows Directory  APPDATA    Application Data - Varies alot between Vista and XP    There are many more check out the link for a longer list

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If you have problems using System Diagnostics like I had  use the following simple code that will work without it  using System Diagnostics   Process notePad   new Process    notePad StartInfo FileName      quot notepad exe quot   notePad StartInfo Arguments    quot mytextfile txt quot   notePad Start

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Use Process Start to start a process    using System Diagnostics  class Program       static void Main                       your code            Process Start  C   process exe

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System Diagnostics Process Start  PathToExe exe

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Here s a snippet of helpful code   using System Diagnostics      Prepare the process to run ProcessStartInfo start   new ProcessStartInfo       Enter in the command line arguments  everything you would enter after the executable name itself start Arguments   arguments      Enter the executable to run  including the complete path start FileName   ExeName     Do you want to show a console window  start WindowStyle   ProcessWindowStyle Hidden  start CreateNoWindow   true  int exitCode       Run the external process  amp  wait for it to finish using  Process proc   Process Start start          proc WaitForExit             Retrieve the app s exit code      exitCode   proc ExitCode      There is much more you can do with these objects  you should read the documentation  ProcessStartInfo  Process

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System Diagnostics Process Start  PathToExe exe

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Try this   Process Start  Location Of File exe       Make sure you use the System Diagnostics library

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Here s a snippet of helpful code   using System Diagnostics      Prepare the process to run ProcessStartInfo start   new ProcessStartInfo       Enter in the command line arguments  everything you would enter after the executable name itself start Arguments   arguments      Enter the executable to run  including the complete path start FileName   ExeName     Do you want to show a console window  start WindowStyle   ProcessWindowStyle Hidden  start CreateNoWindow   true  int exitCode       Run the external process  amp  wait for it to finish using  Process proc   Process Start start          proc WaitForExit             Retrieve the app s exit code      exitCode   proc ExitCode      There is much more you can do with these objects  you should read the documentation  ProcessStartInfo  Process

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Just put your file exe in the  bin Debug folder and use   Process Start  File exe

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Additionally you will want to use the Environment Variables for your paths if at all possible  http   en wikipedia org wiki Environment variable Default Values on Microsoft Windows  E G     WINDIR    Windows Directory  APPDATA    Application Data - Varies alot between Vista and XP    There are many more check out the link for a longer list

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Use Process Start to start a process    using System Diagnostics  class Program       static void Main                       your code            Process Start  C   process exe

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System Diagnostics Process Start  PathToExe exe

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Just put your file exe in the  bin Debug folder and use   Process Start  File exe

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Additionally you will want to use the Environment Variables for your paths if at all possible  http   en wikipedia org wiki Environment variable Default Values on Microsoft Windows  E G     WINDIR    Windows Directory  APPDATA    Application Data - Varies alot between Vista and XP    There are many more check out the link for a longer list

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If you have problems using System Diagnostics like I had  use the following simple code that will work without it  using System Diagnostics   Process notePad   new Process    notePad StartInfo FileName      quot notepad exe quot   notePad StartInfo Arguments    quot mytextfile txt quot   notePad Start

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