The command Tools.Shell will run an external executable out of process from VS.  To run, it is basically

Shell <executable>

But of course, we got optional arguments…

Shell [/commandwindow] [/dir:folder] [/outputwindow] <executable> [/args]

/commandwindow (or /c) – to display the executable’s output in the command window

/outputwindow (or /o) – to display the executable’s output in the output window

/dir:folder – specifics the working directory

For example,

Shell /o /c xcopy.exe c:\users\saraf\documents\cmdwinlog.txt c:\users\saraf\pictures

will display the xcopy output in the output window.

And what can I say… (you knew it was coming!)… Happy Thanksgiving!

with special thanks to this site for helping me remember how to draw a turkey.

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