C# command line in code

Question

I'm trying to run hidden console with this command "winsat formal" in my C# code, but it is giving an error in "Process.Start()". Here is my code:

string command = "winsat formal";

Process process = new Process();
process.StartInfo.FileName = command;
process.Start();

Answer 1

You need to pass the parameters as follows.

Process process = new Process();

process.StartInfo.FileName = "winsat" ;

//in here you add as many parameters as needed
process.StartInfo.Arguments = "formal" ; 

process.Start();

UPDATE 1

If you go to "cmd" command line and type "winsat formal" does it work ? If not you need to do one of these

• Add the path to the "winsat" executable to the PATH environment variable
• Or specify the folder where the executable is located like this

process.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = "c:\\your\\path\\toWinSat\\executable\\" ;

If it still does not work please let me know

UPDATE 2

//Have you tried proving a full path to the executable ?

process.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\windows\system32\winsat.exe" 

Also there are other posible ways of calling the Start method that can be usefull