How to use Process.Start() or equivalent with Mono on a Mac and pass in arguments

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To make Process.Start use exec directly instead of using the OS’ mechanism for opening files, you must set UseShellExecute to false. This is also true on Linux and Windows.

Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo (
    "/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome",
    "--no-first-run")
    { UseShellExecute = false });

Note that you can also use ‘open’ for your use case, to run the Chrome app bundle properly. Use the ‘-a’ argument to force it to run a specific app, the ‘-n’ argument to open a new instance, and ‘–args’ to pass in arguments:

Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo (
    "open",
    "-a '/Applications/Google Chrome.app' -n --args --no-first-run")
    { UseShellExecute = false });

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