How to Execute a Program using Console Application in Csharp

This is a very simple and straight tutorial that aims to execute application program by typing the name of the program with a .exe file extension

Create a new project, select the Console Application, then click OK.

Go to Code Editor and type the code below:

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.Diagnostics;

namespace ExecuteProgramInConsole

{

    class Program

    {

        static void Main(string[] args)

        {

            String execApp;

            Console.Write("Type the application with an .exe extension: ");

            execApp = Console.ReadLine();

            try

            {

                Process.Start(execApp);

                Console.WriteLine("Application: " + execApp + " is running.");

            }

            catch (Exception ex)

            {

                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);

            }

            Console.Read();

        }

    }

}

Final Output: