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Dustin Getz
Dustin Getz

Reputation: 21801

.NET: launching a process with path and arguments

Paths are relative to current directory. I've tried tons of combinations of quoting, unquoting, changing to a parent directory and removing the .., but I always get a FileNotFound error when I try to launch a process.

bridge_process = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(
    @"../Tools/RunHidden",
    @"../My-Bridge.bat");

Upvotes: 0

Views: 536

Answers (2)

Wolf5
Wolf5

Reputation: 17130

"Current directory" can in some cases be c:\windows\system32 in my experience.

Try this:

    string fullapppath = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;
    string apppath = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(fullapppath);

    string path1 = System.IO.Path.Combine(apppath, @"../Tools/RunHidden");
    string path2 = System.IO.Path.Combine(apppath, @"../My-Bridge.bat");

    bridge_process = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(path1, path2);

Upvotes: 1

casperOne
casperOne

Reputation: 74530

Instead of passing a relative directory, why not pass a fully-qualified path? You can use the static methods on the Path class in the System.IO namespace to help you create the path.

Upvotes: 1

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