Question

I’m trying to launch an application from c# code. Below is the code.. But the exe gives the error “Application has encountered a problem and needs to close. Sorry for the inconvenience”.

I’m passing the command values as

command = "\"C:\\Program Files\\Nimbuzz\\Nimbuzz.exe\"";

code:

private int ExecuteSystemCommand(string command)
{
   procStartInfo = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo("cmd", "/c " + command);
   procStartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
   procStartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
   procStartInfo.CreateNoWindow = false;
   proc = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
   proc.StartInfo = procStartInfo;
   proc.Start();

   return proc.Id;
}

But the exe opens normally when opened from the desktop short cut. I dont know whats wrong. Please suggest.

Answer 1

Well I just found out that, I need to set the Working directory first before calling the Process.Start()

Directory.SetCurrentDirectory("C:\\Program Files\\Nimbuzz\\");