Process.Start() And Trying to launch a game.

Question

I'm trying launch an application using c#, and have been experimentiing with the following line, if I run this from a cmd prompt it's ok but when running in my forms app it fails.

Process.Start(@"C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\iw3mp.exe","+connect 91.192.210.47:2304");

The Error is Win_Improper_quit_body

any ideas.

Answer 1

You should put the arguments part in Arguments property of ProcessStartInfo

Here's an example:

ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("IExplore.exe");
            startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Minimized;

            Process.Start(startInfo);

            startInfo.Arguments = "www.northwindtraders.com";

            Process.Start(startInfo);

Answer 2

I believe the particular executable you're trying to launch expects the working directory to be set correctly.

var processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(pathToExe, args);
processStartInfo.WorkingDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(pathToExe);
Process.Start(processStartInfo);

See here for more info.