Question

I have written a small batch file that copies an exe from solution to the system32 folder.

copy "blah.exe" "%systemroot%/System32"

The batch file works fine and copies the exe if ran from the desktop by double clikcing (placed exe on the desktop as well)

However, I tried doing that from Windows Application by:

Process.Start("sample.bat");

(EXE file and batfile -> Properties -> Output to Copy Always)
The cmd window does come up, but the .exe file is not there in the destination directory. What am I missing here?

Answer 1

in your batch file change path to that particular folder where you have blah.exe, change to the particular drive and then to particular folderlets say your source folder is C:\test then type cd\test in the batch file, it should be something like:

C:
cd\test
copy "blah.exe" "%systemroot%/System32"

or use copy with complete path e.g

copy "C:\test\blah.exe" "%systemroot%/System32"

EDIT:
To copy using CMD try:

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 = "/C copy /b blah.exe %systemroot%/System32";
process.StartInfo = startInfo;
process.Start();

Edit 2: Or for batch file

 System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("cmd", "/c sample.bat");