The system cannot find the file specified when running CMD.exe from C#

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I'm getting the error message when running the following code from a C# console program.

"The system cannot find the file specified"

Here is the code:

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c");

Strangely when i omit the /c switch the command can run!?!

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

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