Calling Batch File From C#

Question

I am hoping that this is an easy question, but i have the following code in my C# application and for some reason it will not execute the batch file I am pointing to.

Answer 1

Try setting the proc.StartInfo.UseShellExecute to true; this tells the OS to perform a lookup of the file extension to find the correct handler in the registry.

Answer 2

This should work

System.Diagnostics.Process proc = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
proc.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\\Watcher\\Cleanup.bat";
proc.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = "C:\\Watcher";
proc.Start();

You need to set the WorkingDirectory otherwise the command will be executed in what is the current directory of the calling application