How to cal another exe in my windows apps?

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Hi...

I want to run another exe when i click a button in my solution..

For this i am using Process.Start() Method..
It will work fine when i gave entire path..
ex: Process.Start("F://Honey//Second.exe");

But I without giving the path how i can execute or cal the Second Exe..

I tried

Process.Start("Second.exe");
        process.Start(Application.StartupPath + "//second.exe");

Both shows an error msg

~~Plz help me....~~

Regards
Honey.....

Posted 22-Nov-11 2:43am

honey4bee

Updated 22-Nov-11 2:46am

Rajesh Anuhya

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honey4bee 22-Nov-11 8:56am

hi Rajesh...
i saw that link..
But my prob is not solved.....

LanFanNinja 22-Nov-11 9:33am

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BobJanova · Answer 1 · 2011-11-22T05:07:00

Solution 3

Starting a process with no path specified will use the standard Windows look up order, which is roughly speaking the current directory and then system folders and then the path environment variable. Note that the first lookup is the current directory, not the directory the assembly is in, though those two things are often the same.

Posted 22-Nov-11 5:07am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 22-Nov-11 17:23pm

In other words, using no path makes no sense. My 5. So far, this is the only relevant answer.
--SA

LanFanNinja · Answer 2 · 2011-11-22T03:25:00

Read this Application Registration[^]

Without including the path Windows does not know where to find "second.exe". Also I recommend using "/" or "\\" as your path separator instead of "//" you could also prepend @ to the start of your path string like so: @"C:\Honey\second.exe".
Anyway in order for your app to be found without passing the path you will need to register it by either adding it to the system PATH environment variable or the App Paths registry key as show in the link.

Edit: If you copy the second EXE to the same path as the app you are creating the process from you would then be able to use Process.Start(Application.StartupPath + "\\Second.exe");

Rajesh Anuhya · Answer 3 · 2011-11-22T02:47:00

Solution 1

Here is the example...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.process.aspx[^]

Posted 22-Nov-11 2:47am