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Asked: 2026-05-24T21:40:50+00:00

When I try to do Process.Start(echo, %cd%) it raises a System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The system cannot

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When I try to do Process.Start("echo", "%cd%") it raises a System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The system cannot find the file specified.
When I do this manually in cmd it just works like it should. I never knew that there’s a difference…

Also, when I do File.Exists(logfile.txt) (w/o path) of a file that should definitely be there, it returns false. This is btw the reason for the echo above: debugging…

This error doesn’t occur on my developement machine, only on another one where I am testing on.

The Path variable looks normal. Both are WinXP. Both are running .NET 3.5

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try Process.Start("cmd.exe", "/c echo %CD%")

    as far as echo is not an executable but a command inside.

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