Progress bar and chkdsk

[Prostetnic]

Hi I have an application that runs chkdsk before starting to make sure
the drive has no problems. It works fine and I get the result code from
chkdsk and decide whether or not to continue from that. However chkdsk
starts in an ugly dos box. I have seen applications where this is not
the case.
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How can I start chkdsk hidden and just have a progress bar report each
phase of checking and an accurate depiction of how much longer it
needs?

[Otis Mukinfus]

On mon, 25 dec 2006 11:23:38 +0100, "Prostetnic" <nospam@invalidwrote:

>Hi I have an application that runs chkdsk before starting to make sure
the drive has no problems. It works fine and I get the result code from
chkdsk and decide whether or not to continue from that. However chkdsk
starts in an ugly dos box. I have seen applications where this is not
the case.
+
How can I start chkdsk hidden and just have a progress bar report each
phase of checking and an accurate depiction of how much longer it
needs?

You can try setting the ProcessStartInfo like this:

ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("chkdsk");
startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
Good luck with your project,

Otis Mukinfus
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In addition to what Otis mentioned, you could redirect the standard output
(another Process class feature) and output this into your own "GUI".
Peter

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"Prostetnic" wrote:

Hi I have an application that runs chkdsk before starting to make sure
the drive has no problems. It works fine and I get the result code from
chkdsk and decide whether or not to continue from that. However chkdsk
starts in an ugly dos box. I have seen applications where this is not
the case.
+
How can I start chkdsk hidden and just have a progress bar report each
phase of checking and an accurate depiction of how much longer it
needs?