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Dan
Dan

Reputation: 133

Open Program from C# - also specifying the working directory

I have some code that launches an external program, although is it possible to specify the working directory, as the external program is a console program:

Code:

private void button5_Click_2(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(@"update\update.exe");
    }

Upvotes: 13

Views: 9707

Answers (2)

Dyppl
Dyppl

Reputation: 12381

Yes, it's possible, use ProcessStartInfo object to specify all the params you need and then just pass it to the Start method like that:

...
using System.Diagnostics;
...

var psi = new ProcessStartInfo(@"update\update.exe");
  psi.WorkingDirectory = @"C:\workingDirectory";
Process.Start(psi);

Upvotes: 26

Richard Slater
Richard Slater

Reputation: 6378

You can specify the Working Directory using ProcessStartInfo.WorkingDirectory.

...
using System.Diagnostics;
...

var processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(@"explorer.exe");
  processStartInfo.WorkingDirectory = @"C:\";
var process = Process.Start(processStartInfo);

Upvotes: 6

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