Error shell in C# 2017

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i create button on c# 2017 to run my application.exe
and that code :

Shell(Application.StartupPath & "\HTLauncher.exe -1")

Error :
the name 'shell' does not exist in the current context c#

and its work on c# 2010 what can i do ... please help

What I have tried:

Shell(Application.StartupPath & "\HTLauncher.exe -1");
Shell(Application.StartupPath & "\HTLauncher.exe")
Shell(Application.StartupPath & "\HTLauncher")

Posted 31-Dec-18 19:18pm

Ahmed Adel

Updated 31-Dec-18 19:32pm

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2018-12-31T19:33:00

Solution 1

See the Process class: Process Class (System.Diagnostics) | Microsoft Docs[^] and use the Process.Start method.
The link includes basic example code.

Posted 31-Dec-18 19:33pm

OriginalGriff

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Ahmed Adel 1-Jan-19 2:07am

that not help bro .. so shell not work in c# 2017.. thanks for your answer

OriginalGriff 1-Jan-19 2:22am

Shell is a VB hangover to the old days of VB6 and before, it isn't available in C#, regardless of the versions of VS you are using. It's quite possible that your older code includes the definition of a method called Shell which does the same thing, but the .NET version uses the Process Class which is considerably more flexible.
Just follow the link and look at the example code.

Ahmed Adel 1-Jan-19 2:41am

so i have to create bat file to run my application and let my program run my bat not bad idea for me :)

OriginalGriff 1-Jan-19 2:50am

No. Did you follow the same link I did? Where in that do .BAT files even get mentioned?