Launch a program from ASP.NET C#

Question

I have a program (I created) and I want to start it on the server when the webpage loads.

Here is the code I have

public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    Process app = new Process();
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        app.StartInfo.FileName = @"D:/Path to /My/Program to be run.exe";
        app.Start();
    }
}

Right now the application is 'run' however it crashes instantly. If I just run the application (by double clicking the exe) it runs and everything is fine.

anyone see if i'm missing something here?

Answer 1

You could use ProcessStartInfo.

ProcessStartInfo psi = new ProcessStartInfo();
psi.FileName = @"D:/Path to /My/Program to be run.exe";
psi.WorkingDirectory = IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(psi.FileName);
Diagnostics.Process.Start(psi);