7. Interacting with the Operating System
As you know, your .NET applications run inside an environment managed by the common language runtime (CLR). However, there are many cases where your application might need to communicate with underlying operating system features or services. This chapter examines some classes in the Base Class Library that allow you to interact with the operating system to perform tasks such as communicating with the COM port, launching and monitoring processes, and using Windows Management Instrumentation.
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