Perform an action when a process closes

Question

First of all, I'm programming in Windows Forms Application.
As the title describes, I want to perform an action when a process I started, will close.

I've tried at first:

Process s = new Process();  
s.EnableRaisingEvents = true;  
s = Process.Start(processToStart);  
s.Exited += s_Exited;

When I do:

Process s = new Process();  
s = Process.Start(processToStart);  
s.EnableRaisingEvents = true;  
s.Exited += s_Exited;

I get exception of System.InvalidOperationException.

Full exception details:

Additional information: Cross-thread operation not valid: Control 'Main' accessed from a thread other than the thread it was created on.

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You assign a new process to `s` at *`s = Process.Start(processToStart);`*, so you loose *`s.EnableRaisingEvents = true;`* — L.B, Aug 04 '14 at 11:26

L.B · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-04T11:58:30.677

There are two problems with your original code

1- You assign a new process to s at s = Process.Start(processToStart);, so you loose s.EnableRaisingEvents = true;

2- Exited event is called from a thread different than you UI thread. Therefore you should use Invoke to avoid cross thread exception

Process p = new Process();
p.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
p.StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo() { FileName = processToStart };
p.Exited += (s, e) =>
{
    this.Invoke((Action)(() =>
    {
        //your code accesing UI, for ex, 
        this.Text = "Exited";
    }));
};
p.Start();

PS: Your current code attaches to Exited event after the process has started. It may happen (with a low probability), that process exits before you attach to the event. Above code is more correct way of doint it.

Perform an action when a process closes

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