call a .bat file that is an embedded resource

I would write it out to a text file, start it, and remove the text file after the process has completed.

I have a program that does this with an executable.  

Add the batch file:
    Project menu | Add Existing Item...  (browse for and select your .bat file)
    View Solution Explorer (View menu | Solution Explorer)
    Right-Click your .bat file in Solution Explorer, select Properties
    Set Build Action to "Embeded Resource"


Here's my source, you can change it for a .bat:

    Private Shared Function CreateExecutable() As String

        'Create a temporary path for our executable
        Dim tempPath As String = IO.Path.ChangeExtension(IO.Path.GetTempFileName(), ".exe")

        'Get the Current Assembly information
        Dim currentAssembly As Reflection.Assembly = Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()

        'Resource will store the full name of our embeded dpe.exe resource file
        Dim resource As String = String.Empty

        'Get all resource names and find the full embeded dpe.exe resource file name
        Dim arrResources As String() = currentAssembly.GetManifestResourceNames()
        For Each resource In arrResources

            If resource.IndexOf("dpe.exe") > -1 Then _
                Exit For

        Next


        'Open the Embeded dpe.exe resource
        Dim resourceStream As IO.Stream = currentAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream(resource)

        'Open FileStream to write out
        Dim writer As New IO.FileStream(tempPath, IO.FileMode.Create, IO.FileAccess.Write)


        'Write out all bytes of the stream
        Const size As Int16 = 4096
        Dim bytes(size) As Byte
        Dim numBytes As Int32 = 0

        Do
            numBytes = resourceStream.Read(bytes, 0, size)

            writer.Write(bytes, 0, numBytes)

        Loop While (numBytes > 0)


        'Close both streams and clean up
        resourceStream.Close()
        resourceStream.Dispose()

        writer.Close()
        writer.Dispose()

        Return tempPath

    End Function

You can do the rest like this:

Dim oSystemProcess As Diagnostics.Process
Dim batchFile as String = CreateExecutable()

Dim oPsi As New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo _
                    (batchFile, **passed argumenst**)
 
oSystemProcess = Diagnostics.Process.Start(oPsi)