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C# How to update IE7 to new version

Iam very new to coding so please pardon my lack of knowledge.
I made a program "Music player" that uses webBrowser to play video from youtube but from what i understood from other posts it cant work due to webBrowser being IE7. I dont neccessarily have to use webBrowser but it seemed like the best way.
Is there a way to "update" IE or do i need to use different method?
code:
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
namespace MusicPlayer_V4._1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
string _ytUrl;
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
public string VideoId
{
get
{
var ytMatch = new Regex(#"youtu(?:\.be|be\.com) / (?:.*v(?:.*/|=)|(?:.*/)?)([a-zA-Z0-_]+)").Match(_ytUrl);
return ytMatch.Success ? ytMatch.Groups[1].Value : string.Empty;
}
}
//user input (URL)
private void textBox2_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
//play button
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
_ytUrl = txtUrl.Text;
webBrowser.Navigate($"http://youtube.com/v/{VideoId}?version=3");
}
//help button
private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
//browser
private void webBrowser1_DocumentCompleted(object sender, WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs e)
{
}
private void label1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
}
}

The way moving forward is to use WebView2 which is basically the same thing as a WebView but based on the chromium-based edge. It will be always up to date on windows 10/11 machines and it works down to Windows 7.
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/

"while" loop in windows forms apllication - no window is opened (c#)

I am new to C# and I want to create a windows forms application, which shows (it must be visible!) one window with some information and buttons and also it loads a page from internet (with selenium and phantom.js - though it is deprecated) every minute. I've written something like this:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;
using System.Diagnostics;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.PhantomJS;
namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Someclass : Form
{
private void label1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
private void Someclass_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Shows some text "Hello friend"
MessageBox.Show("Hello friend!");
}
private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
MessageBox.Show("Hello again", "Warning!", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information);
}
public Someclass()
{
InitializeComponent();
while (!IsDisposed)
{
MessageBox.Show("Now the page will be downloaded");
var driverService = PhantomJSDriverService.CreateDefaultService();
driverService.HideCommandPromptWindow = true;
using (var driver = new PhantomJSDriver(driverService))
{
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("http://stackoverflow.com/");
MessageBox.Show("Here we are going to open StackOverflow");
var questions = driver.FindElements(By.ClassName("fs-display2"));
foreach (var question in questions)
{
// This will display some text from stackoverflow main page.
Console.WriteLine(question.Text);
question.Click();
MessageBox.Show("This is stackoverflow: " + question.Text);
}
MessageBox.Show("Here we go");
}
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(60000); // delay in microseconds
}
}
}
My problem is that if I use "while", my window does not appear (but the page from internet loads correctly - every 1 minute), and if I use "if" instead of "while", my window appears well, but, of cource, the page loading goes only one time. What can solve my problem?

It's a quite simple solution: your while loop is preventing your UI from Update. You have to bring your loop in an extra Thread, or just use a backgroundworker

Yes, friends, you were right. I have put (using panel of instruments-> Background Worker):
private void backgroundWorker1_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
this.backgroundWorker1.DoWork += new System.ComponentModel.DoWorkEventHandler(this.backgroundWorker1_DoWork);
while (!IsDisposed)
{
......................
}
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(60000); // delay in microseconds
}
inside my public partial class someClass : Form after public Someclass()
and also added:
backgroundWorker1.RunWorkerAsync(2000);
inside my public Someclass()
So now the code looks like:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;
using System.Diagnostics;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.PhantomJS;
namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Someclass : Form
{
private void label1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
private void Someclass_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Shows some text "Hello friend"
MessageBox.Show("Hello friend!");
}
private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
MessageBox.Show("Hello again", "Warning!", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information);
}
public Someclass()
{
InitializeComponent();
backgroundWorker1.RunWorkerAsync(2000);
}
private void backgroundWorker1_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
this.backgroundWorker1.DoWork += new System.ComponentModel.DoWorkEventHandler(this.backgroundWorker1_DoWork);
while (!IsDisposed)
{
MessageBox.Show("Now the page will be downloaded");
var driverService = PhantomJSDriverService.CreateDefaultService();
driverService.HideCommandPromptWindow = true;
using (var driver = new PhantomJSDriver(driverService))
{
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("http://stackoverflow.com/");
MessageBox.Show("Here we are going to open StackOverflow");
var questions = driver.FindElements(By.ClassName("fs-display2"));
foreach (var question in questions)
{
// This will display some text from stackoverflow main page.
Console.WriteLine(question.Text);
question.Click();
MessageBox.Show("This is stackoverflow: " + question.Text);
}
MessageBox.Show("Here we go");
}
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(60000); // delay in microseconds
}
}
}
and works fine.

C# Winforms change label based on running process

I have a dotnet 2.0 app in C# that I have developed in Visual Studio 2008, it's pretty simple:
I would like to change the label name currently called "label1" to "Running" or "Stopped" when my process loop.exe is running or stopped.
When I press start, it will run loop.exe and the stop button will obviously stop it.
I've read a lot of topic on C# Winforms but I cannot get this working and I have no idea what do to now. I think that I need to add a backgroundworker but I don't know how to check the process and update the label programmatically.
Here's my clean/current code:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
namespace APP_NAME
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Start_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Process.Start("loop.exe");
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Process.Start("taskkill", "/F /IM loop.exe");
Process.Start("taskkill", "/F /IM azcopy.exe");
}
private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.Close();
}
private void button3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Process.Start("notepad.exe", #"C:\ProgramData\APP_NAME\settings\settings.xml");
}
private void button4_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Process.Start("explorer.exe", #"C:\ProgramData\APP_NAME\logs");
}
}
}
I hope I made myself clear, thank you.

You can update the text shown by a label by accessing it's Text property. So, change your method like:
private void Start_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Process.Start("loop.exe");
label1.Text = "Running";
}

//hi
//Do this to see the label value changes in real time in the window
private void Start_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Process.Start("loop.exe");
label1.Text = "Running";
lable1.Refresh();
}

is there a way to stop a timer on visual studios at a certain point instead of it keep going

basically I mean I want a picture to move when I press a button and the picture to sop moving at a certain point on the form application, not cancel it the picture to move then just stop with the application still running. on Microsoft visual studios c# windows form application
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
timer1.Enabled = true;
}
private void pictureBox1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
pictureBox1.Left += 2;
}
}
}

You can call timer1.Stop() to stop the timer.
You need to set the Interval property of the timer to raise the TickEvent once after that Interval is Elapsed.
In TickEvent you can Stop the Timer or do whatever you want to do.
Try This :
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
timer1.Interval=5000;//to raise tick event for 5 sec's
timer1.Start();
timer1.Tick += new System.EventHandler(this.timer1_Tick);
}
protected void timer1_Tick(Object sender,EventArgs e)
{
//Stop the timer here
timer1.Stop();
}

Closing with buttons won't end task C#

So for some reason when I code this.Close(); into my program it won't actually close it.
I have the program open a different .exe file then close, but I open my task manager and it actually is still running in the background. I have this issue with the "Close" option on my context menu also.
Any ideas why?
EDIT: Even when I exit with the button, it's still in the background.
EDIT:
private void closeToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.Close();
}
private void launch_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables("%AppData%\\program.exe"));
this.Close();
}
Only actual two codes that are closing the program. But it's still running in the background.
Even when I exit through the actual x button, it still runs in the background.

You must close the process that you've created. Create a variable to save the process that has been created and when you close the form or press another button close process. See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.process.close.aspx
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace WindowsFormsApplication4
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
private Process _process;
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this._process = Process.Start("notepad.exe");
}
private void Form1_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
{
if (this._process != null) {
this._process.CloseMainWindow();
this._process.Close();
}
}
}
}

As menstion in above comment add using System.Diagnostics; to your code and try this code
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
Application.ApplicationExit += new EventHandler(Application_ApplicationExit);
}
void Application_ApplicationExit(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Process.GetCurrentProcess().Kill();
}