Error on Process.Start() trying to execute exe on remote server.

Question

I get an InvalidOperationException on Process.Start call to execute an exe on a remote server...

If I replace my exe with notepad.exe it works fine, but it loads it locally, not on the remote server. I appreciate any assistance. Thanks.

var p1 = new Process

();

p1.StartInfo =

new ProcessStartInfo("RunBatchExe.exe"

);

p1.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = @"\\int-tst1\c$\Projects\CMDFiles";

p1.Start();

p1.WaitForExit();

Answer 1

You can't use Process to start a remote process (if that is what you meant).  You can use Process to retrieve the list of remote processes.

The working directory must be a local path because the EXE is running locally.  Working directory != exe directory.  By default the working directory = exe directory but an app can change that many times throughout the life of the process.  

To run an EXE that happens to reside on a network share you must specify the full path to the EXE.  Then, depending upon security, the process will run locally but in the Intranet zone so permissions are generally more strict.

Michael Taylor -6/22/2011
http://msmvps.com/blogs/p3net

Answer 2

read this

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa389769

 Process using for local applications, running an exe on remote computer is something different.

check "start applications on remote computers"

 

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Answer 3

Hi,

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Answer 4

To execute any process on a remote machine you need appropriate permission on the machine.

if you have so then you can use WMI to do that....

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/Remote_Process_using_WMI_.aspx

this should help you get started...

good luck.

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