Launch outlook 2013 from C# code

Question

How can I close and open outlook 2013 programmatically using C# ?

Here is the problem that I am trying to solve. I have set up an automatic backup of my .pst files to a external hard drive. I am using the free software 'SyncBackFree' for the backup. The issue is the back up fails because the .pst file is open in outlook. I am thinking of developing a windows service that will shut down outlook at a fixed time and after 20 minutes or so, will launch the outlook again. I could not find any documentation to shut down and launch outlook. I tried looking at Launch Outlook to compose a message with subject and attachment by Outlook's command line switches

Please advise.

What have you tried ? Show your code ? Did you think about killing process and starting process ? — Xaruth, Mar 26 '14 at 15:52
@Xaruth...Thanks for the suggestion about killing process. I will try that. My problem was, I had no idea where to start. — , Mar 26 '14 at 15:57

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 26 '14 at 16:18

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You can try to kill process and launch it later.

Something like this :

kill

foreach (var process in Process.GetProcessesByName("outlook.exe"))
{
    process.Kill();
}

launch (don't forget to set pathOutlook)

ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
startInfo.FileName = Path.Combine(pathOutlook, "outlook.exe");
startInfo.WorkingDirectory = pathOutlook ;
Process p = Process.Start(startInfo);

answered Mar 26 '14 at 16:18

Xaruth

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Thanks Xaruth....I accepted your answer. Stackoverflow does not allow me to upvote your answer. – Mar 26 '14 at 16:29

Launch outlook 2013 from C# code

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