Win32 exception was unhandled - The system cannot find the file specified

Question

I 'm trying to run an .exe from a Windows Forms Application (visual c++ - VS 2012). For this reason, I added a button, in order to run the .exe, when clicked. The command I used is:

Process::Start("C:\\application_directory\\application.exe");

Build has no errors, but running Windows Forms Application fails, as image below indicates. I tried running .exe from cmd and it runs fine. What is the probrem?

.exe is Win32 Application (visual c++ - VS 2012).

Answer 1

The problem is you are using single \ in the path instead of \\ values in some cases. These are being interpreted as escape characters and not directory separators