The Following Command Was Not Found Netsh
I'm Trying Execute a Couple of "Netsh" Commands but No Matter What I Do I Keep Getting the Same Error "The Following Command Was Not Found Netsh". I Can Verify...
I'm trying execute a couple of "netsh" commands but no matter what I do I keep getting the same error "the following command was not found netsh".
I can verify that the path "C:\Windows\System32\netsh.exe" is valid and when I run the same command with the same set of arguments through the command prompt; everything works fine.
This a sample of the code I'm using.
ProcessStartInfo procInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
{
WorkingDirectory = System.IO.Path.GetPathRoot(System.Environment.SystemDirectory),
FileName = @"netsh.exe",
RedirectStandardOutput = true,
RedirectStandardError = true,
UseShellExecute = false,
CreateNoWindow = true,
Arguments = String.Format(@"{0}\{1} {2}", System.Environment.SystemDirectory, @"netsh.exe", "wlan start hostednetwork"),
WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden
};
Process proc = Process.Start(procInfo);
proc.WaitForExit();
1 Answer
You're currently passing the full pathname in the arguments, when I suspect you want to pass it as the filename. For example:
FileName = Path.Combine(Environment.SystemDirectory, "netsh.exe"),
Arguments = "wlan start hostednetwork"
For example, this short but complete program doesn't throw any exceptions - I don't know whether it does what you want, but it doesn't fail with the exception you described:
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
class Test
{
static void Main()
{
ProcessStartInfo procInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
{
WorkingDirectory = Path.GetPathRoot(Environment.SystemDirectory),
FileName = Path.Combine(Environment.SystemDirectory, "netsh.exe"),
Arguments = "wlan start hostednetwork",
RedirectStandardOutput = true,
RedirectStandardError = true,
UseShellExecute = false,
CreateNoWindow = true,
WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden
};
Process proc = Process.Start(procInfo);
proc.WaitForExit();
}
}
(Note how the code becomes less cluttered when you take advantage of using directives instead of using fully-qualified names, by the way.)
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