Command not executing when invoking windows cmd from vb.net app

Question

I'm a bit of a .NET noob. I've been struggling trying to find a way to execute a command through a vb.net application and I found this thread so what I came up with, to map a drive to another server on the network was this;

Dim application As New ProcessStartInfo("cmd.exe")
Dim process As Process
process = process.Start(application)
Dim command As String = "net use x: \\webtest01\c$ /USER:daylight\robbery TakeItNGo" 'all fake obviously
process.StandardInput.WriteLine(command)
process.WaitForExit()
process.Close()

but when I run app, it sits for about 30seconds and then I get the windows command console popping up with the working directory set to E:\>

can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong please, this is the first time I'm doing this from a vb.net app

Answer 1

Your code need modifications

    Dim application As New ProcessStartInfo("cmd.exe") With 
                         {.RedirectStandardInput = True, .UseShellExecute = False}
    Dim process As New Process
    process = process.Start(application)
    Dim command As String = "net use x: \\webtest01\c$ /USER:daylight\robbery TakeItNGo"  _
             & vbCrLf & "exit"
    process.StandardInput.WriteLine(command)
    process.WaitForExit()
    process.Close()

To use standard input you need .RedirectStandardInput = True, .UseShellExecute = False (Process.StandardInput Property ). And "exit" command is necessary to end the cmd process.