https://www.dotnetzone.gr:443/cs/blogs/birbilis/archive/2011/09/21/gotchas-at-wait-for-a-shelled-app-to-finish-with-out-timeout-with-net.aspxI came across a useful Microsoft Support sample called “How to wait for a shelled application to finish by using Visual Basic 2005 or Visual Basic .NET” at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305368 However, note that there are several gotchas with the codeelCommunityServer 2.1 SP3 (Build: 20423.1)