System.Diagnostics.Process.Start causes error "No application is associated with the specified file for this operation" when deployed

Asked Dec 09 '19 at 17:16

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I am new to c# and have created a web form using ASP.NET 4.7.2 and Visual Studio 2019. One of my buttons links to a url using:

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("www.google.com", "_blank");

However, when I debug my app locally, it works fine. Once I deploy the app and click on the same button, this error shows up:

Exception Details: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: No application is associated with the specified file for this operation

This points directly at the line where I make the call to System.Diagnostics.Process.Start.

What am I doing wrong?

asked Dec 09 '19 at 17:16

Zizzipupp

Does this help? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21032151/no-application-is-associated-with-the-specified-file-for-this-operation-vb-net – Athanasios Kataras Dec 09 '19 at 17:18
Not sure I get this right. It seems to me that the question you linked suggested that I should have an empty string passed to Process.Start... but how would this open the url? – Zizzipupp Dec 09 '19 at 17:20
This means that there is no standard process to open links on the machine – BitDEVil2K16 Dec 09 '19 at 17:21
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sorry i have edit my comment! – BitDEVil2K16 Dec 09 '19 at 17:22
But the machine can open that url... it does not work when it's deployed – Zizzipupp Dec 09 '19 at 17:23
Duplicate: https://stackoverflow.com/a/30979896/1390548 – Jawad Dec 09 '19 at 17:24
Not sure @Jawad. I have no problem running this locally. The problem is when the app is deployed to the cloud. – Zizzipupp Dec 09 '19 at 17:25
did you try to put the full url including scheme: `https://www.google.de` – Charles Dec 09 '19 at 18:45
Yes I did but it still doesn't work – Zizzipupp Dec 10 '19 at 09:30

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