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Rekcs
Rekcs

Reputation: 879

Execute CMD to open Remote Desktop in C#

So I am trying to use a Button to open a CMD.exe window to execute a command which allows me to automatically open a Remote Desktop with an IP from my network. I already built a piece of code, but it doesn't work. This is the code:

private void cmdRemote_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    System.Diagnostics.Process process = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
    System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo();
    startInfo.WindowStyle = System.Diagnostics.ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
    startInfo.FileName = "cmd.exe";
    startInfo.Arguments = "mstsc /v:" + txtIP.Text;
    process.StartInfo = startInfo;
    process.Start();
}

I would like to know why it doesn't execute the command.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 8919

Answers (2)

Gowri Pranith Kumar
Gowri Pranith Kumar

Reputation: 1685

Instead of calling the cmd.exe, you can call the mstsc 

 startInfo.FileName = "mstsc"
 startInfo.Arguments= " /v " + txtIP.Text

Upvotes: 0

marsze
marsze

Reputation: 17055

Add "/c" in front of your arguments list, else cmd won't execute it:

cmd /c mstsc /v:...

Or, why don't you call mstsc directly?

private void cmdRemote_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    var process = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
    process.StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
    {
        FileName = "mstsc"
        Arguments = "/v:" + txtIP.Text
    }
    process.Start();
}

or shorter:

Process.Start("mstsc", "/v:" + this.txtIP.Text);

Don't forget to validate the value of Text!

Upvotes: 5

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