How to open an exe file using C#.net

[nagasrikanth]

Hi every body..

This is my first thread in C#...Im very new to C#.net..

I just want to know that is it possible to open an external exe file using C#.Net...
for example i want to open MSWORD.exe , then in VB i used to write code like shell c:\pfiles\msword.exe

is there any porvision like this in C#.net..???

thanx & regards
Srikanth

[Shuja Ali]

Process.Start (@"C:\PathName\Filename.exe"); Read more about process class on MSDN.

[nagasrikanth]

thanQ ali... I will chk out the process class..and revert back in case of doubts...


Thanx & regards
Srikanth

[conipto]

You can also usually just pass a filename to process.start and it will open with the user's current application (for example if I were using OpenOffice for .DOC files instead of word)

Bill