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Clarify documentation for Process.Start return value #10673

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## Remarks
Use this overload to start a process resource and associate it with the current <xref:System.Diagnostics.Process> component. The return value `true` indicates that a new process resource was started. If the process resource specified by the <xref:System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo.FileName%2A> member of the <xref:System.Diagnostics.Process.StartInfo%2A> property is already running on the computer, no additional process resource is started. Instead, the running process resource is reused and `false` is returned.
The return value `true` indicates that a new process resource was started. If <xref:System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo.UseShellExecute%2A> is set to `false` (or on Unix systems where `UseShellExecute` is ignored), the method will always return `true` as the process is started directly. If `UseShellExecute` is `true`, the operating system may reuse an existing process in some cases, and `false` is returned. For instance, if you start a URL with a default browser and an instance of the browser is already running, a new process may not be created, and `false` will be returned.

You can start a ClickOnce application by specifying the location (for example, a Web address) from which you originally installed the application. Do not start a ClickOnce application by specifying its installed location on your hard drive.

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