C# explorer-window in own Process

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Hey,

wenn running this command from cmd:

c:\windows\explorer.exe "::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}\::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}"

printers and faxes open, in an own process (2. explorer.exe) with only this window.
When i create a shortcut of explorer.exe with these parameters, same.

BUT!
If i use

C#

Process.Start(@"c:\windows\explorer.exe", @"::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}\::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}");

in c# the printers and faxes windows open too, but in same explorer process as already running (with taskbar etc.)

I also tried to set the workingdirectory to "c:\windows", but it doesnt work too.

Any Idea, how to open it in an new Process?

hope for help.

cheers
aspire1337

Posted 9-Feb-12 23:41pm

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Martin Arapovic · Answer 1 · 2012-02-10T08:01:00

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Hi,
Use ProcessStartInfo and set CreateNoWindow and UseShellExecute to desired values depending what you want to achieve.

Explore this links:
1. CreateNoWindow in combination with UseShellExecute[^]
2. ProcessStartInfo Class[^]

Posted 10-Feb-12 8:01am

Martin Arapovic

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aspire1337 15-Feb-12 10:02am

Hi,
thanks for answering.

I set UseShellExecute to false and CreateNoWindow to true (like in the blog), i got an window when starting my application but still in the same process as the explorer.exe with taskbar etc.
Any Idea?