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thank you i will try that shortly
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it works when i do &quot;notepad.exe&quot;<br />
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however, when I do &quot;c:\myFileToRun.exe&quot; it doesn't work. &nbsp;is there any reason you know of why this would be true?<br />
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justin
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it works when i do "notepad.exe"

however, when I do "c:\myFileToRun.exe" it doesn't work.  is there any reason you know of why this would be true?

justin

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&gt;&gt;is there any reason you know of why this would be true?<br />
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You'd use<br />
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ExecuteAndWaitForCompletio<wbr />n ( &quot;c:\\myFileToRun.exe&quot;);<br />
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You need a double backslash, as a single one serves as the escape character.
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>>is there any reason you know of why this would be true?

You'd use

ExecuteAndWaitForCompletion ( "c:\\myFileToRun.exe");

You need a double backslash, as a single one serves as the escape character.

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i have an exe that i want to start from my program, and then i want my program to pause and do something after the external exe is closed. &nbsp;what is the best way to do this?<br />
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thanks,<br />
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justin
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i have an exe that i want to start from my program, and then i want my program to pause and do something after the external exe is closed.  what is the best way to do this?

thanks,

justin

start a process and wait for finish

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