ProcessStartInfo.WorkingDirectory Property (System.Diagnostics)

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ProcessStartInfo..::.WorkingDirectory Property

Gets or sets the initial directory for the process to be started.

Namespace: System.Diagnostics
Assembly: System (in System.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

<TypeConverterAttribute("System.Diagnostics.Design.StringValueConverter, System.Design, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")> _
Public Property WorkingDirectory As String

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As ProcessStartInfo
Dim value As String

value = instance.WorkingDirectory

instance.WorkingDirectory = value

[TypeConverterAttribute("System.Diagnostics.Design.StringValueConverter, System.Design, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")]
public string WorkingDirectory { get; set; }

Visual C++

[TypeConverterAttribute(L"System.Diagnostics.Design.StringValueConverter, System.Design, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")]
public:
property String^ WorkingDirectory {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}

JScript

public function get WorkingDirectory () : String
public function set WorkingDirectory (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
The fully qualified name of the directory that contains the process to be started. The default is an empty string ("").

Remarks

Important Note:
The WorkingDirectory property must be set if UserName and Password are provided. If the property is not set, the default working directory is %SYSTEMROOT%\system32.

If the directory is already part of the system path variable, you do not have to repeat the directory's location in this property.

The WorkingDirectory property behaves differently when UseShellExecute is true than when UseShellExecute is false. When UseShellExecute is true, the WorkingDirectory property specifies the location of the executable. If WorkingDirectory is an empty string, the current directory is understood to contain the executable.

When UseShellExecute is false, the WorkingDirectory property is not used to find the executable. Instead, it is used by the process that is started and only has meaning within the context of the new process.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0

Reference

ProcessStartInfo Class

ProcessStartInfo Members

System.Diagnostics Namespace