Running an EXE from c#

[Anant Raman]

Hi

I have an exe file on my machine. I need to launch this exe from the windows
service (written in c#) running on my machine. The service knows about the
path where the exe resides. How do I launch the exe from the service.

Any help will be highly appreciated.

Thanks
Anant

[Joe Mayo]

Re: Running an EXE from c#

Hi Anant,

Here's a FAQ on launching the process:

http://blogs.msdn.com/csharpfaq/arch...01/146375.aspx

If this is a background process, you will be good to go. However, remember
that a Windows Service only runs in the background. This means that any
time you launch a process, you will not see the GUI.

Joe
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[Irfan]

RE: Running an EXE from c#

Anant,

you could launch your exe by using the
System.Diagnost ics.Process.Sta rt("Path to your exe")

you could further take a look at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ramVisualC.asp

Also, you could further add a timer control and fire the event at what ever
time required so that the exe is invoked only when needed

HTH
irfan