Question

I’m trying to run a shell command with elevated permisions in C#. However the following code returns:

The system cannot find the file specified.

string command = System.IO.Path.Combine(Environment.SystemDirectory, "wdsutil.exe");
string args = ""; //Appropriate arguments
ProcessStartInfo psInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(command);
psInfo.Arguments = args;
psInfo.Verb = "runas";

try
{
    Process p = Process.Start(psInfo);
    p.WaitForExit();
    return "Try Done";
}
catch(Exception e)
{
    return e.Message;
}

The error exists without the SystemDriectory prefixed as well.

However, the command does not return the error if I execute the command C:\wdsutil (or any other command in C:).

How do I get Process.Start to run these commands in System32

Answer 1

system32 is on newer systems (esp. 64 Bit windows 7 or 2008) not “real”… it is synthezied from some internal directories and when it is accessed it shows different apps (32 vs. 64) different content…