Why does impersonating a process return “The directory name is invalid”?

Question

I have a process that needs to run under administrative privileges. I need the average joe to run the process, but I don\'t want to give everyone access... so I\'ve created

Answer 1

It could be because you're not setting the WorkingDirectory property. According to the docs:

Important Note:

The WorkingDirectory property must be set if UserName and Password are provided. If the property is not set, the default working directory is %SYSTEMROOT%\system32.