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System.Diagnostics.Process interrupt

Hi,

I have this problem:

Dim procusers As New System.Diagnostics.Process()
procusers.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\test\robocopy.exe"
procusers.StartInfo.Arguments = """/JOB:C:\test\test1"""
procusers.Start()
procusers.WaitForExit(True)
procusers.Close()
procusers.Dispose()
procusers = Nothing

This is running a copy of about 2TB of data and is working well. But, for what ever reason if I stop the program by exiting the dos window it is causing problems on the windows box and the server needs rebooting.

Is there some code I chould use to interrupt this program so it shuts down properly.

I assume that because the app is writing to disk at the time it exits that this is causing the problem.

Thanks

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AlexFM

If you want to show user process output, you can redirect it and show in the program window instead of DOS window. See ProcessStartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput Property:

procusers.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true

Donnie4572

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Thanks,

Good idea. How does this solve my problem. I need to prgramatically exit the doss window. Example: a button that safely exits procusers.Start.

AlexFM

This prevents user to close DOS window, I understand that this is the problem.