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.
