I need help with finding and opening wow.exe with VB

I can't find out how to find and open the program wow.exe using VB.

I can get it to open mine but it can't open other peoples they get errors when they try, I have xp and the Vista and other people can't get it to open theirs so I need to know how to find the file then open it.

The code I'm using is this:

Private Sub Play_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Play.Click
Dim installpath As String = String.Empty
installpath = My.Computer.Registry.GetValue("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\blizzard entertainment\world of warcraft", "installpath", Nothing)
If IO.Directory.Exists(installpath & "/cache") Then
IO.Directory.Delete(installpath & "/cache", True)
End If
Dim fs As New IO.FileStream("realmlist.***", IO.FileMode.Create, IO.FileAccess.Write)
Dim s As New IO.StreamWriter(fs)
Dim path As String = ("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\blizzard entertainment\world of warcraft")
s.WriteLine("set realmlist us.version.worldofwarcraft.com")
s.Close()
Process.Start("c:/program files/world of warcraft/wow.exe")
End Sub

Looks like Dot Net code but is posted in VB6 section of the forum.

I see you retrieve the install path but then have the location hard coded?

Not sure what you are trying to do with the filestream and stream writer but I do not see a path provided.

it works on my comp but no one elses and the file stream i have it to set realm list

[ Moved to VB.NET ]

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Originally Posted by krazychild

it works on my comp but no one elses and the file stream i have it to set realm list

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The fact that you have hard coded the paths may very well be an issue here. I do not understand why you would do that though since you have already put in code to determine where the files are installed why not use it?

You could use POWERSHELL, but the users would also need it, although it's becoming more common on newer systems

Shouldn't this part

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Process.Start("c:/program files/world of warcraft/wow.exe")

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be :

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Process.Start("c:\program files\world of warcraft\wow.exe")

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Works fine under Vista...

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d:/VB6 Samples

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