By close, do you mean you want the current instance of the console app to close, or do you want the application process, to terminate? Missed that all important exit code:
//How to start another application from the current application
Process runProg = new Process();
runProg.StartInfo.FileName = pathToFile; //the path of the application
runProg.StartInfo.Arguments = genArgs; //any arguments you want to pass
runProg.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
runProg.Start();
//How to end the same application from the current application
int IDstring = System.Convert.ToInt32(runProg.Id.ToString());
Process tempProc = Process.GetProcessById(IDstring);
tempProc.CloseMainWindow();
tempProc.WaitForExit();
So you didn't say you wanted the application to quit or exit abruptly, so as another option, perhaps just have the response loop end out elegantly. (I am assuming you have a while loop waiting for user instructions. This is some code from a project I just wrote today.
Console.WriteLine("College File Processor");
Console.WriteLine("*************************************");
Console.WriteLine("(H)elp");
Console.WriteLine("Process (W)orkouts");
Console.WriteLine("Process (I)nterviews");
Console.WriteLine("Process (P)ro Days");
Console.WriteLine("(S)tart Processing");
Console.WriteLine("E(x)it");
Console.WriteLine("*************************************");
string response = "";
string videotype = "";
bool starting = false;
bool exiting = false;
response = Console.ReadLine();
while ( response != "" )
{
switch ( response )
{
case "H":
case "h":
DisplayHelp();
break;
case "W":
case "w":
Console.WriteLine("Video Type set to Workout");
videotype = "W";
break;
case "I":
case "i":
Console.WriteLine("Video Type set to Interview");
videotype = "I";
break;
case "P":
case "p":
Console.WriteLine("Video Type set to Pro Day");
videotype = "P";
break;
case "S":
case "s":
if ( videotype == "" )
{
Console.WriteLine("Please Select Video Type Before Starting");
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Starting...");
starting = true;
}
break;
case "E":
case "e":
Console.WriteLine("Good Bye!");
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(100);
exiting = true;
break;
}
if ( starting || exiting)
{
break;
}
else
{
response = Console.ReadLine();
}
}
if ( starting )
{
ProcessFiles();
}
using System;
namespace Exercise_strings
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("Input string separated by -");
var stringInput = Console.ReadLine();
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(stringInput))
{
Console.WriteLine("Nothing entered");
return;
}
}
So in this case if a user enters a null string or whitespace, the use of the return method terminates the Main method elegantly.