Newbie Q: How can I run dos commands in C# e.g. ipconfig

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Aloha I was using MS Visual studio net for the first time yesterday and made a simple calculator program in c#. Now to my question: How can I run a dos command from C#? For example if I would to make a button that runs the command ipconfig /all or something like that.

csharphelp · Answer

try this using System.Diagnostics; Process p=new Process(); p.StartInfo.FileName=cmd.exe; p.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow=true; p.StartInfo.UseShellExecute=false; p.StartInfo.Arguments=\k dir;//where dir can be any dos command p.Start();

Ricardo Schroeder · Answer

using System.Diagnostics; string cmd = net.exe; string arg = send user message; Process.Start(cmd arg); I hope it help you.