Run an executable file from windows service

Zalak Parikh

I created a windows service with Process.start(filepath) in it. But it is neither working nor showing any errors. I got the file as a background process in the task manager.

I tried BackgroundWorker with DoWorkEventHandler delegate to start the process. But I failed to start the process.

I also tried with ProcessStartInfo and UseShellExecute as false but it is not working.

Process prs = new Process();
string strAppPath;
strAppPath = "C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\notepad.exe";
prs = Process.Start(strAppPath);
prs.WaitForExit();
base.Stop();

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Sonu Gupta7y ago
Hi,

Try this -
ProcessStartInfo Pinfo = new ProcessStartInfo(@"c:\myexefile.exe");
Pinfo.UseShellExecute = false;
Pinfo.RedirectStandardError = true;
Pinfo.RedirectStandardInput = true;
Pinfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
Pinfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
Pinfo.ErrorDialog = false;
Pinfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
Process process = Process.Start(Pinfo);
Amit Mohanty7y ago
Hey try this
ProcessStartInfo processInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
processInfo.WorkingDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName("C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\notepad.exe");
processInfo.FileName = "C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\notepad.exe";
processInfo.ErrorDialog = true;
processInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
processInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
processInfo.RedirectStandardError = true;
Process.Start(processInfo);