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Launching an application (.EXE) from C#?

October 22, 2022 by Tarik

Here’s a snippet of helpful code: using System.Diagnostics; // Prepare the process to run ProcessStartInfo start = new ProcessStartInfo(); // Enter in the command line arguments, everything you would enter after the executable name itself start.Arguments = arguments; // Enter the executable to run, including the complete path start.FileName = ExeName; // Do you want … Read more

Maximum filename length in NTFS (Windows XP and Windows Vista)?

October 3, 2022 by Tarik

Individual components of a filename (i.e. each subdirectory along the path, and the final filename) are limited to 255 characters, and the total path length is limited to approximately 32,000 characters. However, on Windows, you can’t exceed MAX_PATH value (259 characters for files, 248 for folders). See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247.aspx for full details.