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user182944
user182944

Reputation: 8067

Invoking a command in Run Window

Opening the Run window (Windows + r) and running a command -> I want to trigger this same command using Java. I tried this using :

Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);

But this did not worked. Please let me know how to achieve this.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 102

Answers (2)

Pokechu22
Pokechu22

Reputation: 5046

Use this command: 

Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {"cmd.exe", "/c", "start", "winword"});

This successfully runs Microsoft word (winword), which is not runnable directly through cmd. The start command behaves the same as run does.

Add parameters afterwards like this: 

Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {"cmd.exe", "/c", "start", "winword", "C:\\Example.docx"});

Upvotes: 1

Stuk4
Stuk4

Reputation: 33

Can you try this:

ProcessBuilder pb=new ProcessBuilder("explorer");
        pb.redirectErrorStream(true);
        Process process=pb.start();
        BufferedReader inStreamReader = new BufferedReader(
            new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream())); 

        while(inStreamReader.readLine() != null){
            //do something with commandline output.
        }

Upvotes: 2

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