including arguments with System.Diagnostics.Process.Start.... [resolved]

[kebo]

I can do

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("C:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe")

but this returns a file not found error

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("C:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe -r")

How do I include the switches at the end of the file name when using Process.Start?
thanks
kevin

[Parallax]

Create a process object, then fill in the ProcessInfo data and start it that way. I don't have the compiler here but you need something like this:

Dim pShutdown as Process
pShutdown.ProcessInfo.???     '<<< Don't know what it's called, but it's in there somewhere
pShutdown.Start

[kebo]

thanks
here's what I got:

Dim p As New Process
        p.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe -r"
        p.Start()

but I get the same result:

The system cannot find the file specified

anyone/anything else?????
kevin

[Parallax]

There should be another member of "StartInfo" that controls the command line arguments called "Arguments" or something similar. You need to add:

p.StartInfo.Arguments = "-r"

to the code above, and remove the argument from the filename property. It should look like this:

Dim p As Process
p.StartInfo.Filename = "C:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe"
p.StartInfo.Arguments = "-r"
p.Start

[kebo]

that's the ticket. thanks
kevin