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    Exclamation system cannot find the file specified Exception

    Hi folks,

    I am having problem with executing a program that uses a cmd command to run through the Visual Basic .Net. The code is as following

    Dim myThemeProcess As New Process
    Dim myTheme As New ProcessStartInfo

    myTheme.FileName = "%SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe %SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL %SystemRoot%\system32\desk.cpl desk,@Themes /Action:OpenTheme /file:""" + filePath + """"

    'myTheme.RedirectStandardInput = True
    'myTheme.RedirectStandardOutput = True
    'myTheme.UseShellExecute = False
    myThemeProcess.StartInfo = myTheme
    myThemeProcess.Start()

    The exception comes at the last line. Can anyone help me?

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    Re: system cannot find the file specified Exception

    Probably don't have permission to access that folder. What OS? Not XP, I'd bet.
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    Re: system cannot find the file specified Exception

    Its XP SP2. While executing the program, I get the value myTheme.FileName will have and run it and it gives me no error and opens the file. I cant figure out what is the problem.

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    Re: system cannot find the file specified Exception

    This is how I did it for XP (VB6)

    Code:
    Option Explicit
    
    Private Sub Form_Load()
      Shell ("C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c  " & _
         "C:\Windows\System32\ipconfig >> d:\myip.txt"), vbNormalFocus
    End Sub
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    Re: system cannot find the file specified Exception

    a matter with expandable strings? Try using a different approach to get windows dir
    ...at present time, using mainly Net 4.0, Vs 2010



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