ProcessStartInfo hanging on “WaitForExit”? Why?

Question

I have the following code:

info = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(\"TheProgram.exe\", String.Join(\" \", args));
info.CreateNoWindow = true;
info.Win         


        

Answer 1

I was having the same issue, but the reason was different. It would however happen under Windows 8, but not under Windows 7. The following line seems to have caused the problem.

pProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = False

The solution was to NOT disable UseShellExecute. I now received a Shell popup window, which is unwanted, but much better than the program waiting for nothing particular to happen. So I added the following work-around for that:

pProcess.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden

Now the only thing bothering me is to why this is happening under Windows 8 in the first place.