Hide file via C# & CMD heelp please

Hi people,
I am having issues with my Hide a file code I am using cmd to hide the file and the arguments for when cmd runs are not running? any help would be greatly appreciated :)

Code:

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Console.Out.WriteLine("Please enter a url of a file (e.g. ThisFile):");
            string theFile = Console.In.ReadLine();
            Console.Out.WriteLine("If you would like to hide the file press H else press S:");
            string theKey = Console.In.ReadLine();


            if (theFile == "")
            {
                Console.Clear();
                Console.Out.WriteLine("ERROR: Please enter a file to work with...");
                Console.ReadLine();
            } else if (theKey == "") {
                Console.Clear();
                Console.Out.WriteLine("ERROR: Please enter an operation to carry out...");
                Console.ReadLine();
            }
            else
                {


                    System.Diagnostics.Process proc = new System.Diagnostics.Process();


                    if (theKey == "H")
                    {
                        string theCommand = ("attrib -s +h -r " + theFile);
                        ExecuteCmdexe = new ExecuteCmd();


                       
                    }
                    else if (theKey == "S")
                    {
 
                        Console.Out.WriteLine("wait until H is done...");
                    }

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Obviously the wait till H is done is temporary :L

When are you trying to execute the command? I see where you create the string for the command, but nowhere where that is supposed to be executed. (Perhaps it is supposed to be involved with ExecuteCmd?)

For that matter, why are you trying to execute an external command? There's already a System.IO.File.SetAttributes() method that would do what you need inside the .NET framework, without the need to spawn a new process just for this.

Yeah my bad lol didn't realize I destroyed the process part of my code it was initially:

Code:

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System.Diagnostics.Process proc = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
proc.StartInfo.FileName = "cmd.exe"
proc.StartInfo.Arguments = theCommand;
proc.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
proc.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
proc.Start();

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Thanks for the replies and heads up with System.IO...
Any help considering the shell would be appreciated I will use the IO set attributes but this is just something I have to get my head around lol.
Thanks