Running a(ny) shell command using C#

I was recently looking on the internet for a code piece that will run a shell-command just the way the WinKey+R 'Run' text box does. The reason I wanted to do it, is that I wanted to write a "helper" for SlickRun that will allow me to add 'MagicWords' using a tool that replicates the .NET's System.String.Format() method. I kept looking for such a code piece, but none that I found offered the way to run a URL using the default browser. So, after looking in all the shell's command's, I came across the command 'start'. The 'start' command allowed me when calling it from C# to run a URL.

ProcessStartInfo info = new ProcessStartInfo
	{
		FileName = "cmd",
		UseShellExecute = true,
		Arguments = string.Format(@"/c start {0}", appArgs),
	};

Now, that will allow you to run any URL/Shell-Command. P.S. If you want the same code piece for SlickRun, I used the following (somewhat ugly) code:

string appArgsFormat = args[0];
string appArgs;
try
{
	appArgs = string.Format(appArgsFormat, args.Where((s, i) => i != 0).ToArray());
}
catch
{
	// The way SlickRun gives the program all arguments using the $W$ keyword,
	// is all those arguments seperated in '+' and not in ' '.
	string[] splitArgs = args[1].Split('+');
        if (args.Length == 2 && splitArgs.Length != 1)
        {
        	Main(new[]{ appArgsFormat }.Concat(splitArgs).ToArray());
                return;
	}
        MessageBox.Show(@"Application cannot execute. Probably not enough parameters to match format.");
        return;
}

That way, I could create myself the following MagicWord:

Name: dexter
Path: C:\ShellStartFormat.exe
Arguments: http://www.sidereel.com/Dexter/season-{0}/episode-{1}/search $W$

So, entering 'dexter 1 1' will direct me to 'http://www.sidereel.com/Dexter/season-1/episode-1/search[^]. Hope you can find this useful.