C# - Cant run old .exe files?

StarshipTrooper

Hi guys,

I am currently working on a project involving c#.

My problem is I am trying to replace a batch file with c# code.

All the programs are stored in a folder programs_used. Some of the programs are pretty old (pre 1995). I know my code is ok visa vie running programs in general from this directory as I have ran some already to test the function (only works on the newer programs) .

The old programs in question work fine in the batch file with the usual programName.exe

Is there any reason why these old programs wont work with the following c# code:

Note I pass in a variable programName from the main method - it's actually comprised of the path and program name. This does work for all the newer programs just not the old ones.


public static void run(string programName)
{
System.Diagnostics.Process Proc = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
Proc.StartInfo.FileName = programName;
Proc.Start();
}


Thanks a million!

fasty

Does Start return true or false? Is an exception thrown?

TheTubes

This is the way I do it:

public static void run(string programName)
        {
                      System.Diagnostics.Process Proc = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(exe, args);
                      Proc.WaitForExit();
        }

this may just be a different way of writing the code, sorry if it dosen't help.

your filename is the full path to the exe? like "c:\tmp\myexe.exe" ?