Question

i am trying to run a .vbs script that is not in the same directory as the program is in

Dim CustomInstalaionPath As String = "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Test"
Process.Start(CustomInstalationPath + "/run.vbs")

the program is running in the normal directory for de-bugging

C:\Users\user\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects…

i have tried loads of ways but nothing is successfully running it

any help would be awesome
thanks

Answer 1

You need to use the version of Process.Start that takes a ProcessStartInfo structure.

This will allow you to set the WorkingDirectory property, which is what you’re looking for.

Something like:

Dim p As New System.Diagnostics.Process 

p.StartInfo.FileName = "cscript"
p.StartInfo.Arguments = "//B //Nologo C:\Users\user\Desktop\Test\myfile.vbs"
p.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Test"

p.Start(p.StartInfo) 

Also see this question (for C# that uses the same class). If you check it out, make sure to add the WorkingDirectory property:

• How to call a VBScript file in a C# application?