Visual C# GUI stops responding when process.WaitForExit(); is used

Question

I am creating a GUI application using Visual C# 2005 (net framework 2). I use the following code to start a process:

Process process = new Process();
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Answer 1

Perhaps you should implement a solution with the BackgroundWorker. It is easy to implement and does what you want.

What you have to do is add an instance of a BackgroundWorker in your form, and make the call to the Process running the App.exe from the BackgrondWorker RunWorkerAsync method. Then on you can monitor for a CancelationPending property to stop the process or RunWorkerCompleted event to perform whatever is necessary after the Process has exited.

There is another SO question, concerning the BackgroundWorker cancelation