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JeffM
JeffM

Reputation: 21

.net process.start() 32bit app on windows 7 64

We have created an application that changes the .ini files for a 3rd party app, so users at the enterprise level can access the various environments we have installed. This worked fine for us while using windows XP. I recently set out to make the application more windows 7 friendly, and look for the 3rd party app .ini file under c:\users\public.

The 3rd party app is installed and functioning correctly, but when we run the code below from a windows 7 machine it complains that it can not find its .ini files.

 manager.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
 manager.StartInfo.FileName = iniChange.getBinPath() + "\\eimngr.exe";
 manager.Start();
 appOpen++;
 magOpen++;

I am wondering if we have missed setting some property of StartInfo or the Process.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 212

Answers (1)

GameScripting
GameScripting

Reputation: 17030

My best guess is that the target application can not find the INI-file cause it uses relative pathes internally. Try to set the working directory explicitly:

string targetFilePath = @"c:\folder\another_folder\myapp.exe";
string targetWorkingDirectory = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(targetFilePath);

ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo()
{
    WorkingDirectory = targetWorkingDirectory,
    FileName = targetFilePath,
};

Process targetProcess = new Process();
targetProcess.StartInfo = startInfo;

targetProcess.EnableRaisingEvents = true;

// ...

targetProcess.Start();

Upvotes: 1

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