Proper way to run PsList.exe from my C# app and get its output (Or why my code doesn't work)?

Question

Why this code only shows cmd window and never reaches the end ? I want to get the output from PsList into my C# app. Execution halts on this line: "int exitCode = proc.ExitCode;"

private static void PsList()
{           
    ProcessStartInfo start = new ProcessStartInfo();            
    start.FileName = @"C:\PsList.exe";
    start.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
    start.CreateNoWindow = true;
    start.UseShellExecute = false;
    start.RedirectStandardOutput = true;

    using (Process proc = Process.Start(start))
    {
        proc.WaitForExit(4000);

        int exitCode = proc.ExitCode;
        string exitMsg = proc.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
    }
}

Answer 1

You might try rearranging things a bit:

using (Process proc = Process.Start(start))
{
    string exitMsg = proc.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
    proc.WaitForExit(4000);

    int exitCode = proc.ExitCode;
}

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