title: How would I open a program within Visual Basic 2010?
body: <p>How would I open a program within Visual Basic 2010? (Like running "Application.txt" from "C:\" within a Visual Basic project.</p>
  
  <pre><code>    Public Class getfrom
  
          Dim getfrom As String
          Dim saveto As String
          Dim download As Boolean
  
          Function openRunt()
              Dim myProcess As New Process()
              Try
  
                  myProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = False
                  myProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\\Runt.exe"
                  myProcess.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = True
                  myProcess.Start()
              Catch e As Exception
                  ' do nothing.
              End Try
              Return False
          End Function
  
          Function setVariables()
              ' Download the file from..
              getfrom = "http://sourceforge.net/projects/iforsm/files/iForsm.exe"
              ' Download the file to..
              saveto = "C:\Runt.exe"
              ' Allow download..
              download = True
  
              Return False
          End Function
  
          Private Sub getfrom_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
              setVariables()
              If download = True Then
                  My.Computer.Network.DownloadFile(getfrom, saveto)
                  Dim fileExists As Boolean
                  fileExists = My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists("C:\Runt.exe")
                  If fileExists = True Then
                      'System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("notepad.exe", "c:\Application.txt")
                      openRunt()
                  End If
              Else
                  End
              End If
              'End
          End Sub
  End Class
  </code></pre>