Start process of wordpad with filename in C#

I am trying to start Wordpad with a filename.  My path consists of LocalPath + item.Text which...in the test case...works out as "C:\\TestFile.txt".  Of course the double slashes are in there because of escaping the slash.  The issue is when I do Process.Start("wordpad.exe " + localPath + item.Text); it says that file cannot be found.  When I do File.Exists(localPath + item.Text) I get True.  The file is there.  Also, Process.Start("wordpad.exe"); works.Start Free Trial