system(), Shell, ShellExecute Replacement?

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Jonathan Wood - 16 Jul 2007 16:18 GMT

Okay, I give up. What is the .NET way to do what ShellExecute does?

Bonus points: Any tips on how I should've been able to figure this out on my
own. I looked and looked!

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Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP ) - 16 Jul 2007 16:27 GMT

Hi,

> Okay, I give up. What is the .NET way to do what ShellExecute does?

Process.Start

google: execute program C#

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Jonathan Wood - 16 Jul 2007 19:26 GMT

Thanks. Guess I was trying to depend on MSDN and the online help. Silly me.
I'll try Google from now on.

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> google: execute program C#

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Ben Voigt [C++ MVP] - 16 Jul 2007 23:48 GMT

> Thanks. Guess I was trying to depend on MSDN and the online help. Silly
> me. I'll try Google from now on.

Or on http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/shell32/ShellExecute.html

The section saying "Alternative Managed API"

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