Dim proc As Process
proc = New Process
proc.EnableRaisingEvents = True
proc.StartInfo.FileName = "http://someserver/someapp.exe"
Proc.start()

Do While Not proc.HasExited ' I GET ERROR --No process is associated with this object.
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(250)
Application.DoEvents()
Loop
If proc.HasExited Then
MessageBox.Show(proc.ExitCode.ToString)
End If

but if i do proc.start("c:\someapp.exe") RUNS SMOOTHLY NO PROBLEM

Unfortunately, no, other than possibly making the application a web application. Executable files have to reside within the file system of the local machine.

That being said, network shares are considered part of the file system, so you could use network shares such as "\\server\public\executable.exe" , but you simply cannot run an executable directly off of an HTTP site. Not possible.

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David Morton - http://blog.davemorton.net/ - @davidmmorton

Thanks again! I appreciate your quick response.

Download the application first, and then run it from the hard drive. The way you're doing it now, given the http:// url header, is going to open your default browser and try to save the file, not run it. You can't run an executable from a remote url, you can only run it locally.

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David Morton - http://blog.davemorton.net/ - @davidmmorton

Thanks! But the requirement of the project is, client m/c isn't suppose to have the executable. The executable is always going to reside on "Someserver". Any other way around it?

Unfortunately, no, other than possibly making the application a web application. Executable files have to reside within the file system of the local machine.

That being said, network shares are considered part of the file system, so you could use network shares such as "\\server\public\executable.exe" , but you simply cannot run an executable directly off of an HTTP site. Not possible.

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David Morton - http://blog.davemorton.net/ - @davidmmorton

Thanks again! I appreciate your quick response.