Launching an application (.EXE) from C#?
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("PathToExe.exe");
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");
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 & 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.