double/four qoutes in shell command

Question

Hi,

I have this simple command that uses Psexec to remotely call an exe.

If I use this from my local machine (from command line) it works fine :

psexec \\ZSW-ROBCON - i "C:\Program Files (x86)\Time Reminder Installer\Time Reminder.exe"

But I'm trying to use it from vb.net - I know it's a doubls qoute issue. But I can't figure out how to fix it.

Here's what I have in vb:

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

        Shell("C:\pstools\psexec \\ZSW-ROBCON - i C:\Program Files (x86)\Time Reminder Installer\Time Reminder.exe")

    End Sub

I know if I could get the

Shell("C:\pstools\psexec \\ZSW-ROBCON - i C:\Program Files (x86)\Time Reminder Installer\Time Reminder.exe")

in parends like -

Shell("C:\pstools\psexec \\ZSW-ROBCON - i "C:\Program Files (x86)\Time Reminder Installer\Time Reminder.exe")

It would work, but the above errors because I'm not wrapping qoutes the correct way.     

   

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qeqw

Answer 1

In vbnet a real double quote inside a string must use two double quotes.  so there are three double quotes at the end of the string.

Shell("C:\pstools\psexec \\ZSW-ROBCON - i ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Time Reminder Installer\Time Reminder.exe""")

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jdweng

Answer 2

Awesome...thanks Joel!

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qeqw

Answer 3

You may also want to consider using Process.Start and the ProcessStartInfo Class with the Arguments property:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.processstartinfo.aspx

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Paul ~~~~ Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)