Force the app to use a specific File

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Hello,

My application uses openvpn.exe. System may have openvpn already in it and also saved to its path. I want my app to forcibly use the file that is in the application folder only.

In app, if I use "openvpn --...." it uses the file that is located in Path. I wan to use the file that I have in my dir only. How do I achieve it?

Any help is highly appreciated. Thanks.

Posted 9-Feb-11 21:59pm

All Time Programming

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**JF2015** · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-09T22:01:00

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This could be done by providing the full path to the executable that you want to refer to. So instead of "openvpn" you could say "C:\Program Files\YourApp\openvpn".

Posted 9-Feb-11 22:01pm

JF2015

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All Time Programming 10-Feb-11 4:12am

tHANKS jf2015, I tried with Enviornment.CurrentDirectory + "\\openvpn...." . This should work with all cases I think so. Am I right or wrong ?

JF2015 10-Feb-11 4:24am

Yes that is the correct way to approach this kind of problem. Environment.CurrentDirectory will help you if the openvpn.exe you want to access is in the folder of your programs executable.

Nuri Ismail 10-Feb-11 4:31am

Good answer. 5+